Mccarley Pit

Producer in Carroll county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Clay
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 10170570
MAS/MILS ID 0280150021
Record type Site
Current site name Mccarley Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -89.69728, 33.52655 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eskridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grenada(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

West Point(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Big Black(hydrologic unit)

Big Black-Homochitto(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Big Black(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Carroll

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -89.69728, 33.52655

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 Unknown
    Owner J. J. Ferguson Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 2200469
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 11/5/80

  • Deposit

    PHONE CALL 2-12-81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

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 12/23/1982
MSHA mine ID2200469
Mine name (MSHA)Mc Carley Pit
Current operatorJ J Ferguson Sand & Gravel Inc
Current controller (parent)J J Ferguson
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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