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Bear Creek Valley Sandstone

Producer in Tishomingo county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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  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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106855
MRDS ID K003520
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Creek Valley Sandstone
Alternate or previous names Tishomingo Stone Company Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.20003, 34.58345 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 0.95 MILE DUE NORTHWEST OF CEMETERY AT UNION CHURCH, AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BEAR CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tishomingo(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corinth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tupelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Tishomingo

Comments on the location information

  • 0.95 Mile Due Northwest of Cemetery At Union Church, and On the North Side of Bear Creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • The Sandstone Is Massive At Many Localities, With Little Evidence of Bedding Other Than Cross Bedding Suggested By Weathering of Iron Minerals. At the Quarry, the Sandstone Occurs As Relatively Flat-Lying Beds Up To 4 Feet Thick and Is Cut By Irregularly

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.20003, 34.58345
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip HORIZONTAL
    Thickness 9.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SANDSTONE IS MASSIVE AT MANY LOCALITIES, WITH LITTLE EVIDENCE OF BEDDING OTHER THAN CROSS BEDDING SUGGESTED BY WEATHERING OF IRON MINERALS. AT THE QUARRY, THE SANDSTONE OCCURS AS RELATIVELY FLAT-LYING BEDS UP TO 4 FEET THICK AND IS CUT BY IRREGULARLY SPACED, HIGH-ANGLE JOINTS. OVERBURDEN IS AS MUCH AS THREE FEET THICK AT THE QUARRY. OXIDATION OF THE GRAY SANDSTONE PRODUCES COLORS OF VARYING SHADES OF YELLOW, ORANGE, AND BROWN.
  • HARTSELLE FORMATION: THIN-BEDDED, FINE-GRAINED SANDSTONE INTERBEDDED WITH GREENISH-GRAY SHALE AND COARSE-GRAINED LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1937

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tishomingo Stone Co.: The Gresham Family And J.O. Southward Of Tishomingo.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tishomingo Stone Co.

Comments on the production information

  • THE STONE IS DRILLED VERTICALLY WITH AN AIR HAMMER, FEATHERS AND WEDGES MOVE THE STONE AWAY FROM THE QUARRY FACE, AND A FORK-LIFT CARRIES THE STONE TO THE SAWING SHED. STONE IS CUT WITH WIRE SAWS.

Comments on the workings information

  • Intermittent Producer

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORSE, W.C., 1935, THE HIGHLAND CHURCH SANDSTONE AS A BUILDING STONE: MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 26, 30 P

  • Deposit

    1935 OTHER MORSE, W.C., MISS. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 2

  • Production

    MORSE, W.C., 1935. INTERVIEW WITH J.O. SOUTHWARD BY REPORTER, 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACCORDING TO MORSE (1935, P. 11), THE HARTSELLE SANDSTONE (OR HIGHLAND CHURCH SANDSTONE, ACCORDING TO HIS TERMINOLOGY) IS THE YOUNGEST PALEOZOIC UNIT EXPOSED IN MISSISSIPPI. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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