Mine · Copiah County, Mississippi, United States

McDonald Pit

McDonald Pit is a mine in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States, operated by McDonald Sand and Gravel LLC.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	Copiah County	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating (active)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Commodities	industrial sand (mainly industrial sand)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	McDonald Sand and Gravel LLC	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Employees	4 people (annual average, in 2025)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Mine type	Surface	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	31.9867, -90.3475	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this mine: 3 power plants (1 operating, 600 MW) and 2 data centers (1 operating, 228 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Hinds Energy Facility	Power plant	600 MW	Operating	45 km
Hinds Solar, LLC	Power plant	150 MW	Planned	48 km
Traceview Advanced Power Station	Power plant	819 MW	Under construction	48 km
Amazon Ridgeland	Data center	228 MW	Operating	49 km
Amazon Web Services	Data center	—	—	50 km

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.