B. B. S. Pit

Past Producer in Copiah 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10146535
MAS/MILS ID 0280290009
Record type Site
Current site name B. B. S. Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -90.3918, 31.93629 (WGS84)
Elevation 135
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Copiah(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gallman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brookhaven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Natchez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bayou Pierre(hydrologic unit)

Big Black-Homochitto(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Big Black(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Copiah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -90.3918, 31.93629

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 Blain Sand And Gravel, Inc.
    ID 2200526
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION 6/11/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0280299009

  • Deposit

    GALLMAN IS POR

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 11/03/1994
MSHA mine ID2200526
Mine name (MSHA)Harris Pit
Current operatorBlain Sand & Gravel Inc
Current controller (parent)CRH PLC
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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