Mobile Plant

Producer in Mobile county in Alabama, United States with commodity Perlite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136076
MAS/MILS ID 0010979903
Record type Site
Current site name Mobile Plant
Alternate or previous names National Gypsum Mobile Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -88.04333, 30.68852 (WGS84)
Elevation 20
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mobile(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mobile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mobile(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mobile(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mobile-Tensaw(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 Mobile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -88.04333, 30.68852

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Clark Sand Co., Inc.
    ID 0102950
    Year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CMS/RCF LISTS 10-81

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF # 0102950; 03/95.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADDED MSHA.DBF # 0102950, 04/95; CHANGED OWNERSHIP, PROPERTY NOW IN PRODUCTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-APR-1995 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/06/2015
MSHA mine ID0102950
Mine name (MSHA)Mobile Abrasives, Inc.
Current operatorMobile Abrasives, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Edward J Serda
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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