Sanders Pit

Past Producer in Yazoo 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281240
MAS/MILS ID 0281630005
Record type Site
Current site name Sanders Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.3793, 32.76687 (WGS84)
Elevation 77
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yazoo(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yazoo City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yazoo City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jackson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yazoo(hydrologic unit)

Yazoo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Yazoo(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Yazoo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Choctaw 011 N 001 W 26 SWSWNE Mississippi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.3793, 32.76687

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sanders Gravel Co
    ID 2200437
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATE

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LISTING 11-23-79.

  • 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 09/12/1979
MSHA mine ID2200437
Mine name (MSHA)Sanders Pit
Current operatorSanders Gravel Company
Current controller (parent)Sanders Ralph
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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