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Unnamed Quarry

Producer in Covington county in Alabama, United States with commodity 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 10081413
MRDS ID W033442
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.52637, 31.3502 (WGS84)
Elevation 46
Relative position U.S. HIGHWAY 84 AND CONECUH RIVER, COVINGTON COUNTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Covington(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

River Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Andalusia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Andalusia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Conecuh(hydrologic unit)

Escambia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Choctawhatchee-Escambia(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Covington

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 2, T4N, R15E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCRETE AND MORTAR SAND

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) -86.52637, 31.3502
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B And B Sand Co.
    Home office P. O. Box 333, Andalusia, Al
    First year 1967

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • EXCAVATION BY HYDRAULIC DREDGE; PROCESSING BY STATIONARY SCREENS ; ECON.COM: CAPACITY PER 8 HOUR DAY = 260 SHORT TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STATE OF ALABAMA, 1980, DIVISION OF SAFETY AND INSPECTION - STATISTICAL ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1980: DEPARTMEN-T OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 53 P.

  • Production

    STATE OF ALABAMA, DEPT. OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, FY. 1980, P. 34.

Reporter information

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

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