Pit Number 2

Producer in Clarke 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 10081406
MRDS ID W033433
Record type Site
Current site name Pit Number 2
Related records 10135875

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.84446, 31.57242 (WGS84)
Elevation 55
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clarke(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walker Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monroeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Andalusia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Tombigbee(hydrologic unit)

Mobile Bay-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clarke

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SW 1/4 AND SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 14, T7N, R2E

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 Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.84446, 31.57242

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 Brunson Construction Co., Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 154, Saraland, Al. 36571
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURE REPORTED FOR ALL BRUNSON CO. PITS IN CLARKE COUNTY

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, 1980, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, F.Y. 1980, P. 37.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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