Ritchey Mine

Producer in Calhoun county in Arkansas, 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186395
MAS/MILS ID 0050130115
Record type Site
Current site name Ritchey Mine
Alternate or previous names Cram Plant #3

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -92.42796, 33.58594 (WGS84)
Elevation 64
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hampton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Dorado(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ouachita-Smackover(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ouachita(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Red-Ouachita(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Calhoun

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 013 S 013 W 15 SWNESW Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -92.42796, 33.58594

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Turner Trucking Co
    ID 301498
    Home office Arkansas

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPCTN SHEET 1981

  • Deposit

    MSHA PRNTOT 1982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Long 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 03/11/1994
MSHA mine ID0301498
Mine name (MSHA)Oliver Or Ritchey
Current operatorTurner Trucking Company
Current controller (parent)Turner George
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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