Smith Pit

Producer in Pearl River 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 10219409
MAS/MILS ID 0281090008
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -89.74788, 30.53353 (WGS84)
Elevation 10
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pearl River(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picayune(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bogalusa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mobile(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pearl(hydrologic unit)

Pearl(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pearl(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Pearl River

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
St. Stephens 006 S 017 W 31 SW Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -89.74788, 30.53353

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner S. W. Saunders Co.
    ID 2200532
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 10/28/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

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 03/01/2001
MSHA mine ID2200532
Mine name (MSHA)SMITH PIT
Current operatorJ W Saunders Inc
Current controller (parent)J W Saunders
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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