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Box Quarry

Producer in Houston county in Alabama, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay
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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 10081227
MRDS ID W033216
Record type Site
Current site name Box Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.61663, 31.25854 (WGS84)
Elevation 99
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5.5 MILES S45 DEGREES WEST OF PINCKARD, Within 80 Acres, Within 80 Acres, Within 80 Acres, Within 80 Acres

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Houston(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinckard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dothan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dothan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Choctawhatchee(hydrologic unit)

Choctawhatchee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Choctawhatchee-Escambia(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Houston

Comments on the location information

  • N1/2 SW1/4 SECTION 2, T3N, R24E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.61663, 31.25854
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Couch Construction Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 7106, Dothan, Al 36302
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURE REPORTED FOR ALL COUCH CONSTR. CO. PITS IN HOUSTON COUNTY.

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 OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 53P.

  • Production

    STATE OF ALABAMA, 1980, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, F.Y. 1980, P.35.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 Rheams, Karen F. Alabama Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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