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Wallace Quarry

Producer in Escambia 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081209
MRDS ID W033193
Record type Site
Current site name Wallace Quarry
Alternate or previous names Gilmore Pit
Related records 10111615

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.21111, 31.22577 (WGS84)
Elevation 52
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.2 MILES N20 DEGREES E OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Escambia(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Andalusia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Conecuh(hydrologic unit)

Escambia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Choctawhatchee-Escambia(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Escambia

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 13, T3N, R8E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Citronelle Formation
    Rock description Citronelle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.21111, 31.22577
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Santa Rosa Concrete Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 461, Milton, Florida 32570
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • QUARRY ACTIVE IN 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEG, M.A., 1980, ACTIVE MINES AND QUARRIES OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. MAP 176.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF ALABAMA, 1980, DIVISION OF SAFETY AND INSPECTIONS-STATISTICAL ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1980: DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 53P.

  • Production

    STATE OF ALABAMA, DEPT. OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, F.Y. 1980, P. 38.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-84 Rheams, Karen F. Alabama Geological Survey

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/16/2013
MSHA mine ID0103431
Mine name (MSHA)Wallace Pit
Current operatorEscambia County Commission
Current controller (parent)Escambia County-AL
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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