Dolonah Quarry

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 10184920
MAS/MILS ID 0010730027
Record type Site
Current site name Dolonah Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.0011, 33.39455 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
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

Concord(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscaloosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Black Warrior(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) -87.0011, 33.39455

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 U.S. Steel Corp.
    ID 100042

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 9/23/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS 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 12/17/1985
MSHA mine ID0100042
Mine name (MSHA)Bessemer Plant & Quarry
Current operatorDravo Basic Materials Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Dravo Corp
Mine typeSurface (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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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

External references