Forrest City Pit

Producer in St. Francis 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235773
MAS/MILS ID 0051230002
Record type Site
Current site name Forrest City Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -90.79371, 35.06261 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Francis(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Forrest City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Memphis West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Memphis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

L'Anguille(hydrologic unit)

St. Francis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-St. Francis(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas St. Francis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 005 N 003 E 16 S2S2 Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -90.79371, 35.06261

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 Unknown
    Owner Marvin Stark Gravel Co
    ID 301167
    Home office Arkansas
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Marvin Stark
    ID 301167
    Home office Arkansas
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DRCTRY OF ARK MINRL PRODCRS & PRDCTN 1977 P 9

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 07/16/1981
MSHA mine ID0301167
Mine name (MSHA)Forrest City Pit
Current operatorMarvin Stark Gravel Co
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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