Ford Pit & Plant

Producer in Lamar county in Texas, 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 10153906
MAS/MILS ID 0482770001
Record type Site
Current site name Ford Pit & Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -95.72416, 33.75013 (WGS84)
Elevation 162

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lamar(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pat Mayse Lake West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paris(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Texarkana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bois D'arc-Island(hydrologic unit)

Red-Little(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Sulphur(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Lamar

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Bonham Formation

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-Operator
    Owner John D Ford Sand And Gravel Co
    ID 4102252
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner John D. Ford
    ID 4102252
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS 1-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Garner 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 08/11/1988
MSHA mine ID4102252
Mine name (MSHA)Ford Pit And Plant
Current operatorFord Sand & Gravel
Current controller (parent)Ford John D
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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