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Carroll Quarry

Producer in Etowah 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 10081217
MRDS ID W033203
Record type Site
Current site name Carroll Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.12441, 34.03208 (WGS84)
Elevation 180
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES N 70 DEGREE W OF ATTALLA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Etowah(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gadsden West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guntersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Etowah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 33, T11S, R5E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Fort Payne Chert
    Rock description Fort Payne Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.12441, 34.03208
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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 Melvin Carroll, Rt. 2 Box 37-B, Attalla, Al. 35954
    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 INSPECTION-STATISTICAL ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1980: DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 53P.

  • Production

    STATE OF ALABAMA, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, FY 1980, P. 37.

Reporter information

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

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