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Unnamed Quarry

Producer in Escambia county in Alabama, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica
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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 10081214
MRDS ID W033199
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.08056, 31.08354 (WGS84)
Elevation 21
Relative position NEAR INTERSECTION OF MURDER CREEK AND CONECUH RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Escambia(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brewton South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Andalusia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Conecuh(hydrologic unit)

Escambia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Choctawhatchee-Escambia(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Escambia

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 5, T1N, R10E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MORTAR SAND, ASPHALT SAND AND GRAVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Citronelle Formation;Terrace Deposit
    Rock description Citronelle Formation;Terrace Deposit

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.08056, 31.08354
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner East Brewton Materials
    Home office P. O. Box 789, Brewton, Al
    First year 1967

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • EXCAVATION BY HYDRAULIC DREDGE; PROCESSING BY STATIONARY SCREENS ; ECON.COM: CAPACITY PER 8 HOUR DAY = 780 SHORT TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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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