Big 4 Pit

Producer in Washington county in Missouri, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148066
MAS/MILS ID 0292210024
Record type Site
Current site name Big 4 Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -90.77702, 38.15196 (WGS84)
Elevation 267
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Missouri(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richwoods(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Festus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Louis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Meramec(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Kaskaskia-Meramec(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Missouri Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 040 N 002 E 35 Missouri

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -90.77702, 38.15196

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 Owner
    Owner Baroid Division, National Lead Industries Inc.
    ID 2300560
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAR-79 Miller 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 03/27/1979
MSHA mine ID2300560
Mine name (MSHA)Big 4 Pit
Current operatorN L Baroid-Div/N L Industries Inc
Current controller (parent)Nl Industries Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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