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Dixie Sand & Gravel - Maxwell Pit

Producer in Montgomery county in Alabama, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079556
MRDS ID W029519
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Sand & Gravel - Maxwell Pit
Related records 10184515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.37081, 32.39518 (WGS84)
Elevation 49

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montgomery North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montgomery(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montgomery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 4 T16N -- R17E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Secondary
Zirconium Critical Secondary
Kyanite Secondary
REE Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 1 SAMPLE YIELDED 2.24% ILMENITE, .070% ZIRCON, .50% RYANITE, .24% RUTILE, AND .060 MONAZITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.37081, 32.39518
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alabama River

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dixie Sand And Gravel Co., Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SULLIVAN, G.V., AND BROWNING, J.S., 1970, RECOVERY OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EASTERN U.S.: U.S. BUR OF MINES REPT INV. 7517, 25 P

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON U.S. BUR. OF MINES

  • Deposit

    SZABO, M.W., 1967, SAND AND GRAVEL IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 44, 44 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BUREAU OF MINES HEAVY MINERAL SAMPLE COLLECTED FROM TAILS OF WASHING PLANT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

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