Oyster Shell Products/Canal Plant

Producer in Mobile county in Alabama, United States with commodity Calcium
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 10160052
MAS/MILS ID 0010979003
Record type Site
Current site name Oyster Shell Products/Canal Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -88.04833, 30.72412 (WGS84)
Elevation 3
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
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -88.04833, 30.72412

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 Dravo Basic Materials Co., Inc.
    ID 0100032
    Year 1995
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Radcliff Materials, Inc.
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 11/23/79

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF LIST 03/95

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT PROCESS OYSTER SHELLS FOR THE CALCIUM CONTENT. CHANGED OWNERSHIP RECORD TO NEW OWNER AS LISTED ON MSHA.DBF 03/95. DELETED OWNERSHIP TABLE; COMPANY ID FIELD DATA. MILS TABEL; MINESID & RES_ID REMAIN THE SAME. CORRECTED COMMODITY TABLE TO ACTUAL COMMODITY AND MARKETABILITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-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 07/31/2000
MSHA mine ID0100032
Mine name (MSHA)OYSTER SHELL PRODUCTS
Current operatorMartin Marietta Magnesia Specialties
Current controller (parent)Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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