| Deposit ID | 10081304 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033313 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gilbert #1 Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -87.04167, 34.97512 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 183 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALEM, ALABAMA., Within Quarter Mile Radius |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Limestone(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Salem(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tuscumbia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Elk(hydrologic unit)
Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)
Tennessee(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Limestone |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Result | P205=20.3%, P=8.83% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Bigby-Cannon;Catheys-Leipers | ||
| Rock description | Bigby-Cannon;Catheys-Leipers | ||
| |||
| (1) | -87.04167, 34.97512 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 152.4M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 6.1M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1983 |
| District name | Elk River Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Farmer Construction Co., Inc. |
| Home office | P. O. Box 481, Columbia, Tn |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Monsanto Chemical Co. |
| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | P | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Approx 20% P205 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Overall length | 304.8M |
| Overall width | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W033313 |
SRC.REF: COMPANY DATA
DANIEL, T.W. JR., AND HASTINGS, E.L., 1968, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LIMESTONE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CIRC 46, 29P.
DANIEL, T.W., JR., 1976, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF LIMESTONE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. MAP 154, 8-P.
HASTINGS, E.L., 1959, PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF LIMESTONE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA ACAD. SC1. JOUR., V. 30, NO. 4, P. 9-13.
STATE OF ALABAMA, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, FY. 1983. P47.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE CATHEYS-LEIPERS AND BIGBY-CANNON LIMESTONES ARE LATE ORDOVICIAN LIMESTONES EQUIVALENT TO THE CHICKAMAUGA LIMES-TONE. BROWN PHOSPHATIC CONCENTRATIONS WEATHER OUT AND ACCUMULA-TE AS BLANKETS ON THE SLOPES OR RIM OF THE HILLS OR IN THE RIV-ER VALLEYS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT IS AN ELUVIAL CONCENTRATION OF PHOSPHATIC NODULES WHICH WEATHERED OUT OF LIMESTONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-84 | Beg, Mirza A. | Alabama Geological Survey |
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