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Alabama River Gravel-Wilcox Co

Producer in Wilcox county in Alabama, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079766
MRDS ID W030493
Record type Site
Current site name Alabama River Gravel-Wilcox Co

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.39473, 31.95213 (WGS84)
Elevation 11
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 18 KM DOWNSTREAM FROM MILLERS FERRY LOCK AND DAM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilcox(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monroeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Andalusia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Wilcox

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 5 T11N--R7E

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUBJECT OF RECORD POTENTIAL RECOVERY OF TITANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM FROM WASTE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 2.8% HEAVY MINERALS, 22.2 LB/TON ILMENITE, 3.6 LB/TON ZIRCON, 8.0 LB/TON KYANITE, 3.5 LB/TON RUTILE, 0.7 LB/TON MONAZITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.39473, 31.95213
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGE ON ALABAMA RIVER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR., DANIEL, T.W. JR., AND SZABO, M.W.,1970, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILCOX COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR 60, 26 P., 10 FIGS, 1 PLATE.

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, E. G., AND SULLIVAN, G. V., 1970, RECOVERY OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: U.S. BUR MINES REPT INV 7517, 38 P.

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit U.S. BUR. MINES SAMPLE OF UNDERSIZE FROM DREDGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

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