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Spruce Pine Pits

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. 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 10081221
MRDS ID W033208
Record type Site
Current site name Spruce Pine Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.70919, 34.38346 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 1.2 MILES S 60 DEGREES E 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

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2 SE 1/4 SECTION 5, AND N 1/2 NE 1/4 SECTION 8, T8S, R11W

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) Early 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 Group; Pottsville Formation
    Rock description Tuscaloosa Group; Pottsville Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.70919, 34.38346
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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 Spruce Pine Sand And Gravel Co.
    Home office Rt. 7 P. O. Box 21, Athens, AL 35611
    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

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980, SAND AND GRAVEL INDIVIDUAL RESPONDENT TOTALS IN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED DATA, 4 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUB. SAND AND GRAVEL PRODUCTION FOR ALABAMA COUNTIES, 1980, P. 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Rheams, Karen F. Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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