Festus Pit & Plant

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Missouri, United States with commodity Silica
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 10293026
MAS/MILS ID 0290990012
Record type Site
Current site name Festus Pit & Plant
Alternate or previous names Silica White Sand Co

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -90.4162, 38.23475 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Festus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Festus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahokia-Joachim(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 041 N 005 E 36 E2SESW Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -90.4162, 38.23475

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Martin Marietta Aggregates Co., Manley Sand Division
    ID 2300704
    Interest 100

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PHOTO GS-VALH 1-113 3-26-62 1:24000

  • Deposit

    ASCS PHOTO TR-1GG-129 9-24-66 1:20000 - 23 AC

  • Deposit

    DAM INV PHOTO FLT 12 7-66 10-4-78 1:72000 - 26 AC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-DEC-87 Missouri Department Of Natural Resources - Searcy 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 05/17/1993
MSHA mine ID2300704
Mine name (MSHA)Festus Plant
Current operatorUnimin Corp
Current controller (parent)Covia Holdings LLC
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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