Amory Number 2 Pit

Producer in Monroe 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 10243068
MAS/MILS ID 0280950008
Record type Site
Current site name Amory Number 2 Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.49724, 34.00434 (WGS84)
Elevation 64
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smithville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tupelo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tupelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tombigbee(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Monroe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Chickasaw 012 S 008 E 30 SWNWSE Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Eutaw formation

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 Operator
    Owner Mississippi Gravel Co.
    ID 2200149
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MHSA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 1/14/81

  • Deposit

    RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81

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 04/13/1988
MSHA mine ID2200149
Mine name (MSHA)Amory Pit No 2
Current operatorMississippi Gravel Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Cindy Tharp; Diane Morgan
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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