| Deposit ID | 10081305 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W033314 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gilbert #2 Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -87.05556, 34.93345 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 174 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 4 MILES EAST OF SALEM ALABAMA, Within Quarter Mile, Within Quarter Mile |
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=20.7%, P=9% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Bigby-Cannon;Catheys-Leipers | ||
| Rock description | Bigby-Cannon;Catheys-Leipers | ||
| |||
| (1) | -87.05556, 34.93345 |
|---|
| 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 | W033314 |
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 8P
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 DEPOSIT IS AN ELUVIAL CONCENTRATION OF PHOSPHATIC NODULES WEATHERED OUT OF LIMESTONE. |
| Deposit | CATHEYS-LEIPERS AND BIGBY-CANNON LIMESTONES ARE LATE ORDOVICIAN LIMESTONES EQUALLANT TO CHICKA MAUGA LIMESTONE. BROWN PHOSPHATIC CONCENTRATIONS WEATHER OUT AND ACCUMULATE AS BLANKETS OF THE SLOPES OR RIM OF THE HILLS, OR IN RIVER VALLEYS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-84 | Beg, Mirza A. | Alabama Geological Survey |
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