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Cosby Number 2 Quarry

Producer in Dallas county in Alabama, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081201
MRDS ID W033183
Record type Site
Current site name Cosby Number 2 Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.99722, 32.38629 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF SELMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dallas(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnsville(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 Dallas

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 5, AND NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 8, T16N, R11E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.99722, 32.38629
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cosby Carmichael, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 597, Selma, Al. 36701
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURE REPORTED FOR COSBY NUMBER 1 IN 1980; PROBABLY SAME QUARRY

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • QUARRY ACTIVE IN 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEG,M.A.,1980, ACTIVE MINES AND QUARRIES OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. MAP 176.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF ALABAMA,1980, DIVISION OF SAFETY AND INSPECTION-STATISTICAL ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1980: DEPARTMENT O-F INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 53P.

  • Production

    STATE OF ALABAMA, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, FY 1980, P. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Rheams, Karen F. Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 02/28/1972
MSHA mine ID0100678
Mine name (MSHA)Cosby #1 Pit
Current operatorCosby-Carmichael Inc
Current controller (parent)Cosby P Carmichael
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1581 m, 0.86 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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