Tullos Pit

Producer in Marion 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 10243092
MAS/MILS ID 0280910002
Record type Site
Current site name Tullos Pit
Alternate or previous names Ford Spring Cottage Pit, Ford Pit Job No. 420

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.75568, 31.05851 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sandy Hook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hattiesburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hattiesburg(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 Marion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Washington 002 N 017 W 20 SESWSW Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.75568, 31.05851

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 Blain Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 2200348
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    CMS & RCF LISTS 10/28/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 7/8/81

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 03/23/1999
MSHA mine ID2200348
Mine name (MSHA)SPRING COTTAGE
Current operatorBlain Sand & Gravel Inc
Current controller (parent)CRH PLC
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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