Black Springs

Producer in Montgomery county in Arkansas, 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114496
MAS/MILS ID 0050970075
Record type Site
Current site name Black Springs

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -93.55049, 34.43342 (WGS84)
Elevation 236
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caddo Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arkadelphia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Little Rock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Ouachita(hydrologic unit)

Upper Ouachita(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Red-Ouachita(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ouachita National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Montgomery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 025 S 003 W 30 N2 Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -93.55049, 34.43342

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner R. D. Plant Contracting Co.
    ID 301486
    Home office Arkansas
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    10 MI W OF NORMAN ON HWY 8

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPCTN RPRT 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-DEC-1983 Long 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 03/12/1981
MSHA mine ID0301486
Mine name (MSHA)Black Springs Plant
Current operatorR D Plant Contracting Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Robert D Plant III
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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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