General Shale Pits

Producer in Marshall county in Alabama, United States with commodity Clay
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 10136328
MAS/MILS ID 0010950004
Record type Site
Current site name General Shale Pits
Alternate or previous names General Shale Products Co. Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.51418, 34.43183 (WGS84)
Elevation 329
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marshall(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newsome Sinks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guntersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wheeler Lake(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Marshall

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.51418, 34.43183

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner General Shale Products Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEG, MARZA A. & GEORGE, I. DAVID, AL DIR OF ACTIVE MINES

  • Deposit

    AL GEOL SURVEY MAP 176, FEB 20, 1976.

  • Deposit

    SHALE IS MINED FROM THE PENNINGTON FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 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.