#1 Bowden Pit

Producer in Madison county in Tennessee, 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025663
MRDS ID K001577
Record type Site
Current site name #1 Bowden Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.86672, 35.76454 (WGS84)
Elevation 105
Relative position ON SANDERS BLUFF ROAD APPROXIMATELY 1.4 MILES WEST OF THE JUNCTION OF U. S. HWYS. 45 E. AND 45 W. IN FAIRVIEW, TENNESSEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Milan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Forked Deer(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.86672, 35.76454

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Humbolt Paving Co.
    Home office Box 307, Bells, Tn. 38006
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dudley Bowden
    Home office Covington, Tn.

Comments on the production information

  • 1972 PRODUCTION - UNKNOWN; TRANSPORTATION - TRUCK; BENEFICIATION - NONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PLANT INVENTORY, 1972, TVA, TDG, USBM, MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, INVENTORY

  • Production

    TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, 1972, MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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