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Tennessee Valley Sand and Gravel Company

Producer in Franklin county in Alabama, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026369
MRDS ID K004773
Record type Site
Current site name Tennessee Valley Sand and Gravel Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.72085, 34.37874 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST SIDE OF SOUTHERN RR, 1 MILE SSE OF SPRUCE PINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Haleyville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Tuscaloosa Formation; Poorly Sorted, Light-Gray Chert Gravel In A Matrix Of Silt And Sand, With Local Interbeds Of Sand And Clay.;Pottsville Formation; Fine-To Coarse-Grained, Thin-Bedded To Massive Sandstone With Interbedded Shale
    Rock description Tuscaloosa Formation; Poorly Sorted, Light-Gray Chert Gravel In A Matrix Of Silt And Sand, With Local Interbeds Of Sand And Clay.;Pottsville Formation; Fine-To Coarse-Grained, Thin-Bedded To Massive Sandstone With Interbedded Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.72085, 34.37874
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional Dip Toward South, 57 Feet/Mile

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tennessee Valley Sand And Gravel Co.
    Home office Sheffield, Alabama 35660

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: AMPLE RESERVES, OPEN - PIT MINING, LOCATED ON MAIN RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY ROUTES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SZABO, M. W., 1967, SAND AND GRAVEL IN ALABAMA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA, CIRC. 44, 41 P

  • Deposit

    1967 COMPILE SZABO, M. W., GEOL. SUR. ALA. CIR. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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