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Grand Bay Quarry

Producer in Mobile county in Alabama, United States with commodity Silica
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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 10081245
MRDS ID W033239
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Bay Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.2917, 30.52912 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.8 MILES N 50 DEGREES W OF ST. ELMO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mobile(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Elmo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mobile(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mobile(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escatawpa(hydrologic unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Mobile

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 16, T6S, R3W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Citronelle Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jackson Creek Sand Co.
    Home office Rt. 3, Box 489, Grand Bay, Al 36541
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION REPORTED FOR ALL JACKSON CREEK SAND CO. PITS

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, 53 P.

  • Production

    STATE OF ALABAMA, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, FY 1980, P. 34.

Reporter information

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

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