Heavy Mineral Placer

Producer in Montgomery county in Alabama, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Kyanite, Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068324
MRDS ID W001323
Record type Site
Current site name Heavy Mineral Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.99996, 32.0002 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

China Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuskegee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Conecuh(hydrologic unit)

Escambia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Choctawhatchee-Escambia(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ANDALUSIA 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Kyanite Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.99996, 32.0002

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIS & SULLIVAN 1971 BU. MI. R. I. 7517

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGES 3% HEAVY MINERALS, NOW BEING WASTED. POTENTIAL PRODUCTION 100,000 TONS PER YEAR CONCENTRATE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.