Mine detail: Bear Creek Valley Sandstone

Previously called 'Tishomingo Stone Company Quarry'

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Location: Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.58345, -88.20003
dep_id: 10106855
mrds_id: K003520
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Sand
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Woodruff, Laurel G., Thompson, David E., Hale, Robin C.
Year first produced: 1937
References:
  • Deposit:: MORSE, W.C., 1935, THE HIGHLAND CHURCH SANDSTONE AS A BUILDING STONE: MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 26, 30 P
  • Deposit:: 1935 OTHER MORSE, W.C., MISS. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 2
  • 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.
  • Production:: MORSE, W.C., 1935. INTERVIEW WITH J.O. SOUTHWARD BY REPORTER, 1966.
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