Ripley Mine & Mill

Producer in Tippah 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10170906
MAS/MILS ID 0281390001
Record type Site
Current site name Ripley Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names Malone Hutchinson Stewart Mine, Oil Dri Production Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.93976, 34.75342 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tippah(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Falkner(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corinth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tupelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Tallahatchie(hydrologic unit)

Yazoo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Yazoo(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Tippah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.93976, 34.75342

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

    MSHA LIST 5-18-81

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPT. 10-21-81

  • Deposit

    RCF/CMS LISTS 10-81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOC. WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0281399001

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 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)

StatusActive since 02/18/1976
MSHA mine ID2200035
Mine name (MSHA)Ripley Mine and Mill
Current operatorOil Dri Production Company LLC
Current controller (parent)Oil Dri Corporation Of America
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (251 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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