Dobbins Quarry

Producer in St. Clair county in Alabama, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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 10081287
MRDS ID W033292
Record type Site
Current site name Dobbins Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.24025, 33.80708 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF PINE RIDGE-2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Clair(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cox Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(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 St. Clair

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 20, T14S, R4E

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.24025, 33.80708

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 Mrs. L. M. Cox, Rt. 2, Box 181-B, Ashville, Al. 35953
    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, 53 P.

  • Production

    STATE OF ALABAMA, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, F.Y. 1980, P. 37.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references