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Worsham Bros. Sand and Gravel

Past Producer in Tishomingo county in Mississippi, 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088539
MRDS ID K003522
Record type Site
Current site name Worsham Bros. Sand and Gravel
Alternate or previous names Worsham Brothers Sand and Gravel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.23336, 34.66678 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position EAST OF STATE RT. 25 AND ALONG KING CREEK, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF TISHOMINGO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tishomingo(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tishomingo(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

  • East of State Rt. 25 and Along King Creek, Within the City Limits of Tishomingo.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Tuscaloosa Formation; Poorly Sorted, Light-Gray Chert Gravel In Matrix Of Clay And Sand; Locally Interbedded With Lenses Of Sand And Clay
    Rock description Tuscaloosa Formation; Poorly Sorted, Light-Gray Chert Gravel In Matrix Of Clay And Sand; Locally Interbedded With Lenses Of Sand And Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.23336, 34.66678
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • GORDO FORMATION
  • COMMENT FROM ORIGINAL RECORD: TUSCALOOSA FORMATION; POORLY SORTED, LIGHT-GRAY CHERT GRAVEL IN MATRIX OF CLAY AND SAND; LOCALLY INTERBEDDED WITH LENSES OF SAND AND CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frank Worsham Iii
    Home office Corinth, Miss.

Comments on the production information

  • COMPANY DOES NOT DELIVER TO CUSTOMERS.

Comments on the workings information

  • Abandoned

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    INTERVIEW WITH MESSERS. HORN AND NELMS, PLANT MANAGERS, BY REPORTER IN 1966.

  • Deposit

    Merrill, R.K., Gann, D.E., And Jennings, S.P., 1988, Tishomingo County Geology And Mineral Resources: Mississippi Geological Survey Bulletin 127, 178 P.Merrill, R.K., Gann, D.E., And Jennings, S.P., 1988, Tishomingo County Geology And Mineral Resources: Mississippi Geological Survey Bulletin 127, 178 P.

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 Entered Formation Name
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey Consolidated Data From Old Records

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