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Unnamed Quarry

Producer in Talladega county in Alabama, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 10081289
MRDS ID W033295
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.04997, 33.53904 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position INTERSECTION OF CHOCCOLOCCO CREEK AND CHEAHA CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Talladega(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eastaboga(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 Talladega

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2 SECTION 19, T17S, R6E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCRETE SAND AND GRAVEL AND MORTAR SAND

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result SPECIFIC GRAVITY: SAND=2.63

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) -86.04997, 33.53904
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Builders Supply Co., 244 East St. N., Talladega, Al.
    First year 1967

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • QUARRY ACTIVE IN 1967 ; ECON.COM: CAPACITY PER 8 HOUR DAY=500 SHORT TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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