Cox Pit

Producer in Lowndes 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. 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. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10170728
MAS/MILS ID 0280870017
Record type Site
Current site name Cox Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -88.42224, 33.40655 (WGS84)
Elevation 45
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lowndes(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbus South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Starkville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

West Point(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Corps of Engineers(Branch)

Branch USACE(Type of land area)

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Lowndes

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Choctaw 018 N 018 E 21 SWSESW Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -88.42224, 33.40655

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Contractors Gravel Co., Inc.
    ID 2200496
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LISTS 11-23-79 & 5-18-81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 10/14/81

  • Deposit

    LOCATION BY MSHA.

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 03/05/1985
MSHA mine ID2200496
Mine name (MSHA)Williams Pit
Current operatorC & F Contracting Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Cook William G Jr
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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