Mississippi Bar Pit

Producer in Sacramento county in California, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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 10285794
MAS/MILS ID 0060670089
Record type Site
Current site name Mississippi Bar Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.20913, 38.6502 (WGS84)
Elevation 49
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sacramento(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Folsom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sacramento

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 007 E 10 SWSWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.20913, 38.6502

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Teichert Agg. 3500 American River Dr. Sacramento, Ca.
    ID 402792
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE FILE REFERENCE, MARCH, 1979.

  • Deposit

    CDOM&G SPEC. PUB. 58, 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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)

StatusActive since 04/15/2001
MSHA mine ID0402792
Mine name (MSHA)Vernalis Plant
Current operatorTeichert Aggregates
Current controller (parent)Teichert Inc
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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External references

Authoritative California resources

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