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M & W Sand Pit

Producer in Wilkinson county in Georgia, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061561
MRDS ID TC34474
Record type Site
Current site name M & W Sand Pit
Related records 10144047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.14908, 32.92456 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 8 MI SW OF SCOTTSBORO W OF HIGHWAY NO. 243.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilkinson(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Napier Pond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Macon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Macon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Oconee(hydrologic unit)

Altamaha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Altamaha-St. Marys(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Georgia Wilkinson

Comments on the location information

  • County Disparity Between Original Record and Latitude/Longitude
  • Est +/- 2 Miles

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore
Silt Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.14908, 32.92456
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Alluvium

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner M. And W Sand Co.,
    Home office Haddock, Georgia

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE YEARLY PRODUCTION OF 50,000 TO 100,000 TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • 46 Acre Pit; Mining Is By Hydraulics Followed By Screen Washing
  • 46 ACRE PIT; MINING IS BY HYDRAULICS FOLLOWED BY SCREEN WASHING

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 60 TON/HOUR ; ECON.COM: SHIPPED TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA; APPROXIMATE WASTAGE IS 30%

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRACKMAN, J.S., 1991, CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL POTENTIAL OF THE MIDDLE GEORGIA COASTAL PLAIN: GEORGIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 119, 228 P

  • Other Database

    BRACKMAN NO. A-059

  • Production

    BRACKMAN, 1991.

  • Deposit

    Brackman, J.S., 1991, Construction Material Potential Of The Middle Georgia Coastal Plain: Georgia Geologic Survey Bulletin 119, 228 P.Brackman, J.S., 1991, Construction Material Potential Of The Middle Georgia Coastal Plain: Georgia Geologic Survey Bulletin 119, 228 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-MAY-1998 Cocker, Mark D. Georgia Geologic Survey age of mineralization, deposit type
Reporter 01-JUL-1993 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-NOV-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey checked location; entered commodity codes; changed country name from Baldwin

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