Murphy Materials Mine

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. 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 10268193
MAS/MILS ID 0281090009
Record type Site
Current site name Murphy Materials Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.70427, 30.46963 (WGS84)
Elevation 10

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pearl River(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nicholson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gulfport(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.70427, 30.46963

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 M. And M
    ID 2200534

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION 10/29/81

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 12/09/1982
MSHA mine ID2200534
Mine name (MSHA)Murphy Materials
Current operatorM & M
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MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date.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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