Kennmer Pit

Past Producer in Marshall county in Alabama, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10281819
MAS/MILS ID 0010950007
Record type Site
Current site name Kennmer Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.38608, 34.33203 (WGS84)
Elevation 202
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

Arab(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guntersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Guntersville 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 008 S 002 E 13 SWSWSE Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.38608, 34.33203

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alpine Sand And Gravel Co
    ID 100541
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA LIST 6/5/79

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 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 06/11/1979
MSHA mine ID0100541
Mine name (MSHA)Kennamer Pit
Current operatorAlpine Sand & Gravel Company
Current controller (parent)James G Whitaker 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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