Winston Pit

Producer in Noxubee county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Clay
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 10292336
MAS/MILS ID 0281030007
Record type Site
Current site name Winston Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.56534, 32.98076 (WGS84)
Elevation 70
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Noxubee(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shuqualak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

De Kalb(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Meridian(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Noxubee(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Noxubee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.56534, 32.98076

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 Presley Construction Inccorporated
    ID 2200457
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POR IS BASED ON OFFICE LOCATION IN SHUQUALAK, MS.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 12/4/80

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

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 10/01/1987
MSHA mine ID2200457
Mine name (MSHA)Winston Pits
Current operatorHarold Lee & Sons Lime Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Harold Lee Sr
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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