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New Hope Quarry

Producer in Madison 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 10081237
MRDS ID W033228
Record type Site
Current site name New Hope Quarry
Alternate or previous names Pit Number 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.40915, 34.5168 (WGS84)
Elevation 180
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES S 20 DEGREES W OF NEW HOPE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Hope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntsville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wheeler Lake(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Madison

Comments on the location information

  • SE1/4 NW1/4 SECTION 15, T6S, R2E

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Hartselle Sandstone
    Rock description Hartselle Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.40915, 34.5168
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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 Madison Materials
    Home office P. O. Box 306, Guntersville, Al 35976
    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, F.Y. 1980, P.39

Reporter information

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

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