Sand Road Pit

Past Producer in Lowndes county in Mississippi, 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 10122102
MAS/MILS ID 0280870016
Record type Site
Current site name Sand Road Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.41674, 33.49325 (WGS84)
Elevation 52
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lowndes(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbus South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Starkville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

West Point(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 Lowndes

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 019 N 018 W Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -88.41674, 33.49325

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner West Point Gravel Co.
    ID 2200451
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POR IS COLUMBUS, MS.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTING 11/23/79.

  • Deposit

    CMS & RCF LISTS 10/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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 04/02/1979
MSHA mine ID2200451
Mine name (MSHA)Sand Road Pit
Current operatorWest Point Gravel Company
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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