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Unnamed Quarry

Producer in Elmore 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 10081205
MRDS ID W033187
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.33054, 32.54184 (WGS84)
Elevation 67
Relative position ON MORTAR CREEK AT ELMORE, ELMORE COUNTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clanton(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 Elmore

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECTION 14, T18N, R17E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result SPECIFIC GRAVITY: SAND=2.65
Result GRAVEL=2.57

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Tuscaloosa Group
    Rock description Tuscaloosa Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.33054, 32.54184
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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 Alabama Gravel Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 8, Elmore, Al
    First year 1967

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • EXCAVATION BY HYDRAULIC DREDGE; PROCESSING BY VIBRATING SCREENS ; ECON.COM: CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL; CAPACITY PER 8 HOUR DAY=4,000 SHORT TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

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

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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