Banks Pit

Producer in Sumter county in Alabama, 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 10112036
MAS/MILS ID 0011190006
Record type Site
Current site name Banks Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.18833, 32.58347 (WGS84)
Elevation 50
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sumter(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

De Kalb(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Meridian(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sucarnoochee(hydrologic unit)

Mobile Bay-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Sumter

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -88.18833, 32.58347

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Sumter County Highway Department
    ID 101013
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CMS/RCF LISTS 10-81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-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 03/01/1977
MSHA mine ID0101013
Mine name (MSHA)Gayosa Pit
Current operatorRon Coal Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Morgan Ronald
Mine typeSurface (Coal)

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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