Number 5 Wills Pit

Producer in Hardeman county in Tennessee, 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154035
MRDS ID W022698
MAS/MILS ID 0470690002
Record type Site
Current site name Number 5 Wills Pit
Alternate or previous names Tri-State Sand Company, Saulsbury Pit
Related records 10075889

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.08176, 35.04901 (WGS84)
Elevation 158

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardeman(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saulsbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Memphis East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blytheville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hatchie(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Hardeman

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.08176, 35.04901

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB MINERAL RESOURCES FILE, RECORD NUMBER K001430.

  • Deposit

    MESA HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT JULY 31, 1973.

  • Deposit

    PROPRTY IS OWNED BY BILL R. WILLS.

  • Deposit

    OPERATION INCLUDES A PERMANENT MILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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.