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Shorter Pits

Producer in Macon 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079769
MRDS ID W030496
Record type Site
Current site name Shorter Pits
Related records 10281845

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.97164, 32.43045 (WGS84)
Elevation 55
Relative position 1 KM NORTHWEST OF PINEY GROVE CHURCH

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
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Kyanite Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Quartz Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result 3.8% HEAVY MINERALS, 27.8 LB/TON ILMENITE, 0.8 LB/TON ZIRCON 4.4 LB/TON KYANITE, 3.1 LB/TON RUTILE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Terrace
    Rock description Terrace
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.97164, 32.43045
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vulcan Materials Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SZABO, M. W., 1967, SAND AND GRAVEL IN ALABAMA, A SUMMARY REPORT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC 44, 41P

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, E. G., AND SULLIVAN, G. V., 1970, RECOVERY OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT INV 7517, 38 P.

Reporter information

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

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