Mine detail: Tri-State Sand Company

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Location

Lat / long:

34.61679, -88.25003

Resource(N)

Primary:	Sand
Ore:	Quartz
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1947

Geology

Host rock:	Eutaw Formation; Grayish-Green, Fine-Grained, Glauconitic, Micaceous Sand Interbedded With Gray, Laminated Clays
Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Structure:	Clayey Sand

References

MRDS	K003523
DEP	10026278
Reference	{Deposit:: MELLEN, F.F., 1959, MISSISSIPPI MINERAL RESOURCES: MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 86, 100 P}{Deposit:: Morse, W.C., 1935, The Highland Church Sandstone As A Building Stone: Mississippi State Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 30 P.Morse, W.C., 1935, The Highland Church Sandstone As A Building Stone: Mississippi State Geological Survey Bulletin 26, 30 P.}{Deposit:: Mellen, F.F., 1959, Mississippi Mineral Resources: Mississippi State Geological Survey Bulletin 86, 100 P.Mellen, F.F., 1959, Mississippi Mineral Resources: Mississippi State Geological Survey Bulletin 86, 100 P.}{Production:: INTERVIEW WITH PLANT MANAGER BY REPORTER DURING 1966.}
Reporter	Thompson, David E., Woodruff, Laurel G., Hale, Robin C.