Citadel Cement Operation

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Alabama, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136243
MAS/MILS ID 0010730022
Record type Site
Current site name Citadel Cement Operation
Alternate or previous names Birmingham Quarry & Cement Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.79169, 33.57435 (WGS84)
Elevation 138
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Birmingham North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Locust(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.79169, 33.57435

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Medusa Corp.
    ID 0100015
    Year 1995
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Citadel Cement Corp.
    Year 1980

Comments on the ownership information

  • FORMERLY MSHA MINESID # 0102145. ON THE MSHA.DBF LIST OF 03/95 NEW NAME AND OWNERSHIP DATA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPT. 10/30/80

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LISTING 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF 03/95.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-MAR-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 10/01/1995
MSHA mine ID0100015
Mine name (MSHA)Citadel Cement
Current operatorMedusa Corp
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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