Picayune Pit

Past Producer in Pearl River county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10292643
MAS/MILS ID 0281090006
Record type Site
Current site name Picayune Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -89.69037, 30.51273 (WGS84)
Elevation 17
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pearl River(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picayune(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bogalusa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mobile(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pearl(hydrologic unit)

Pearl(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pearl(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Pearl River

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
St. Stephens 006 S 017 W 22 Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -89.69037, 30.51273

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Vicon, Inc.
    ID 2200490
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79 LAST ENTRY, STATUS = CLOSED

  • Deposit

    LOCATION BY MSHA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/23/1980
MSHA mine ID2200490
Mine name (MSHA)Picayune Pit
Current operatorVicon Inc
Current controller (parent)Mann Victor M
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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