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Shiloh Pit

Producer in Montgomery 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 10081270
MRDS ID W033271
Record type Site
Current site name Shiloh Pit
Alternate or previous names Dixie Sand and Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.37081, 32.22796 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.7 MILE WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MCLEAN SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowdoun(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montgomery(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montgomery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 33, T15N, R17E

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.37081, 32.22796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dixie Sand And Gravel Co., Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURE REPORTED FOR DIXIE NUMBER 1 PIT.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • QUARRY ACTIVE 1975-1976.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SZABO, M.W., 1967, SAND AND GRAVEL IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 44,44P.

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, E.G., AND SULLIVAN, G.V., 1971, RECOVERY OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN U.S.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 7517, 25P.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF ALABAMA, 1976, DIVISION OF SAFETY AND INSPECTION - STATISTICAL ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1975 - 1976: DE-PARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 62P.

  • Production

    STATE OF ALABAMA, 1976, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1975 - 1976, P.46.

Reporter information

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

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