Frierson Pit

Past 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 10291885
MAS/MILS ID 0281090003
Record type Site
Current site name Frierson Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -89.70787, 30.46413 (WGS84)
Elevation 10
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Tammany(county)

Louisiana(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)

Federal lands

Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Pearl River

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Alluvium

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Frierson Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 2200482
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79 LAST ENTRY, STATUS = CLOSED

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 9/5/79

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 09/04/1980
MSHA mine ID2200482
Mine name (MSHA)Frierson Pit
Current operatorFrierson Sand & Gravel
Current controller (parent)Frierson Frank
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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