Moody Pit

Producer in Perry 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. 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 10122161
MAS/MILS ID 0281110009
Record type Site
Current site name Moody Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.96725, 31.22801 (WGS84)
Elevation 31
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Perry(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beaumont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Citronelle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hattiesburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Leaf(hydrologic unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Perry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -88.96725, 31.22801

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner South Mississippi Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 2200543

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION 11/24/81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 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 07/14/2000
MSHA mine ID2200543
Mine name (MSHA)BOWEN PIT #1
Current operatorPerry County Sand & Gravel Inc
Current controller (parent)William E Bowen
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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