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Tri-State Sand Company

Producer in Tishomingo county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Sand
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026278
MRDS ID K003523
Record type Site
Current site name Tri-State Sand Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.25003, 34.61679 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL R.R., 0.1 MILE BY RAIL FROM TISHOMINGO CITY LIMITS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tishomingo(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paden SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corinth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tupelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tombigbee(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Tishomingo

Comments on the location information

  • THIS LOCALITY IS THE SITE OF THE BLENDING AND WASHING PLANT; SOME SAND ALSO MINED ON THE PROPERTY.
  • On the North Side of the Illinois Central R.R., 0.1 Mile By Rail From Tishomingo City Limits.
  • This Locality Is the Site of the Blending and Washing Plant; Some Sand Also Mined On the Property.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • The Sand Contains A Natural Admixture of Bonding Clay, Which Makes It Suitable As A Foundry Or Molding Sand. However, 80% of the Sand Is Blended To Order, From Two Or Three Sands.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Eutaw Formation; Grayish-Green, Fine-Grained, Glauconitic, Micaceous Sand Interbedded With Gray, Laminated Clays
    Rock description Eutaw Formation; Grayish-Green, Fine-Grained, Glauconitic, Micaceous Sand Interbedded With Gray, Laminated Clays
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.25003, 34.61679
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Clayey Sand

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SAND CONTAINS A NATURAL ADMIXTURE OF BONDING CLAY, WHICH MAKES IT SUITABLE AS A FOUNDRY OR MOLDING SAND. HOWEVER, 80% OF THE SAND IS BLENDED TO ORDER, FROM TWO OR THREE SANDS.
  • EUTAW FORMATION: GRAYISH-GREEN, FINE-GRAINED, GLAUCONITIC, MICACEOUS SAND INTERBEDDED WITH GRAY, LAMINATED CLAYS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1947

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tri-State Sand Co.
    Home office H.O. - Box 6816, Birmingham, Alabama 35210, F.O. - Box 234, Camden, Tn. 38320

Comments on the production information

  • SAND HAS BEEN SHIPPED TO EVERY STATE EXCEPT HAWAII AND ALASKA.

Comments on the workings information

  • SAND IS OBTAINED FROM NUMEROUS PITS, GENERALLY WITHIN A 5-MILE RADIUS OF THE PLANT. AS MANY AS 27 PITS WERE SUPPLYING SAND DURING 1966.

Comments on development

  • IN 1966, THE COMPANY WAS OWNED BY PAUL WILLIS OF BIRMINGHAM, AND OPERATED BY N. WELDON GREEN. ; ECON.COM: PLANT IS ON MAIN LINE OF RAILROAD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MELLEN, F.F., 1959, MISSISSIPPI MINERAL RESOURCES: MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 86, 100 P

  • Production

    INTERVIEW WITH PLANT MANAGER BY REPORTER DURING 1966.

  • Deposit

    Morse, W.C., 1935, The Highland Church Sandstone As A Building Stone: Mississippi State Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 30 P.Morse, W.C., 1935, The Highland Church Sandstone As A Building Stone: Mississippi State Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 30 P.

  • Deposit

    Mellen, F.F., 1959, Mississippi Mineral Resources: Mississippi State Geological Survey Bulletin 86, 100 P.Mellen, F.F., 1959, Mississippi Mineral Resources: Mississippi State Geological Survey Bulletin 86, 100 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Tri-State Sand Company

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 25-SEP-1997 Thompson, David E. Mississippi Office of Geology
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey Consolidated Data From Old Records

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