Love Pit

Producer in Copiah 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10268063
MAS/MILS ID 0280290002
Record type Site
Current site name Love Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.32399, 31.95189 (WGS84)
Elevation 130
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Copiah(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crystal Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brookhaven(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Natchez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Pearl-Silver(hydrologic unit)

Pearl(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pearl(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Copiah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.32399, 31.95189

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 Green Brothers Gravel Co., Inc.
    ID 2200106
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Crystal Springs Plant
    ID 2200106

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 9/24/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    CMS & RCF LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0280299002

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 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 02/27/2001
MSHA mine ID2200106
Mine name (MSHA)WILLIAMS-PLT 5
Current operatorGreen Brothers Gravel Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Heyward C Green
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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