Higginbotham Pit

Producer in East Baton Rouge county in Louisiana, 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 10207638
MAS/MILS ID 0220330008
Record type Site
Current site name Higginbotham Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -91.07571, 30.51463 (WGS84)
Elevation 13
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

East Baton Rouge(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Comite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Roads(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baton Rouge(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Amite(hydrologic unit)

Lake Maurepas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Lake Maurepas(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana East Baton Rouge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 S 001 E Louisiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -91.07571, 30.51463

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Higginbotham Inc
    ID 1600885
    Home office Louisiana
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATED IN IRR SEC 44

  • Deposit

    INFRARED AIR PHOTO - OCT 1978

  • Deposit

    FIELDCHECK - JAN 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Louisiana Geological Survey Louisiana Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/21/1989
MSHA mine ID1600885
Mine name (MSHA)Joor Road Pit
Current operatorL Higginbotham Inc
Current controller (parent)Rybolt Henry
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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