Dickey Co. Plant

Plant in Lauderdale county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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 10194887
MAS/MILS ID 0280759901
Record type Site
Current site name Dickey Co. Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.75585, 32.35018 (WGS84)
Elevation 88
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lauderdale(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meehan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Meridian(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Meridian(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chunky-Okatibbee(hydrologic unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Lauderdale

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.75585, 32.35018

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Dickey Co.
    ID 2200093

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 11-18-76.

  • Deposit

    PLANT PRODUCES CLAY PIPE.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11-23-79, RCF LIST 10-28-81.

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)

StatusAbandoned since 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID2200093
Mine name (MSHA)Dickey Company Plant
Current operatorW S Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company
Current controller (parent)Hepworth Plc
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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