Alpine Mill

Plant in Talladega county in Alabama, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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 10160084
MAS/MILS ID 0011219002
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.19247, 33.31955 (WGS84)
Elevation 155
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Talladega(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winterboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Coosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Talladega

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.19247, 33.31955

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cyprus Industrial Minerals
    ID 100433
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 8/27/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MINE, SEQ. NO. 0011210096

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    CMS AND RCF LISTS 10/81

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/15/2000
MSHA mine ID0100433
Mine name (MSHA)ALPINE MILL
Current operatorLuzenac America, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Imerys S A
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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