Montevallo Mine

Producer in Shelby county in Alabama, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209113
MAS/MILS ID 0011170056
Record type Site
Current site name Montevallo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -86.84969, 33.09736 (WGS84)
Elevation 147
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shelby(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montevallo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahaba(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Shelby

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 022 S 012 E 03 NENENE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -86.84969, 33.09736

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 Alabama Refractory Clay Co.
    ID 101118
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 11/18/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    CMS AND RCF LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT, SEQ. NO. 0011179006

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 09/01/1998
MSHA mine ID0101118
Mine name (MSHA)ALABAMA REFRACTORY SPECIALIST,IN
Current operatorAlabama Refractory Specialties Inc
Current controller (parent)Witmyer Henry M Jr
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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