Billingsly Pit

Past Producer in De Soto 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 10195087
MAS/MILS ID 0280330003
Record type Site
Current site name Billingsly Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.99729, 34.90572 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

De Soto(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pleasant Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Holly Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tupelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coldwater(hydrologic unit)

Yazoo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Yazoo(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi De Soto

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Chickasaw 001 S 008 W 13 SWSESE Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.99729, 34.90572

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Memphis Stone And Gravelco., Inc
    ID 2200445
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79

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 05/07/1979
MSHA mine ID2200445
Mine name (MSHA)Billingsly Pit
Current operatorMemphis Stone & Gravel Company
Current controller (parent)Granite Construction Inc
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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