Obion County Mine

Producer in Obion county in Tennessee, 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 10300456
MAS/MILS ID 0471310017
Record type Site
Current site name Obion County Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -89.16256, 36.44039 (WGS84)
Elevation 100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Obion(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clayton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dyersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Obion(hydrologic unit)

Hatchie-Obion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Hatchie(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee Obion

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -89.16256, 36.44039

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 Hornbeak Gravel Co.
    ID 4002537
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POR IS CITY OF ORBION

  • Deposit

    MSHA LISTING 11/23/79

  • Deposit

    1981 MSHA LIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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 05/06/1987
MSHA mine ID4002537
Mine name (MSHA)Obine County Mine
Current operatorHornbeak Gravel Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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