Shorter Mine

Past Producer in Macon 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. 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 10281845
MRDS ID W030496
MAS/MILS ID 0010870006
Record type Site
Current site name Shorter Mine
Alternate or previous names Shorter Site ?
Related records 10079769

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.95186, 32.42127 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Macon(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shorter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuskegee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Macon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.95186, 32.42127

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Vulcan Materials Co., Southeast Division
    ID 100619

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    THE MSHA.DBF OF 03/95.

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 09/15/1978
MSHA mine ID0100619
Mine name (MSHA)Shorter Mine And Mill
Current operatorVulcan Materials Company
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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