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Maples Pit

Producer in Mobile 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 10081247
MRDS ID W033241
Record type Site
Current site name Maples Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.28059, 30.67189 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES WEST OF BAKER SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mobile(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanner Williams(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mobile(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mobile(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escatawpa(hydrologic unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Mobile

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECTION 28, T4S, R3W

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 Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.28059, 30.67189
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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 J. H. Maples Hauling Co. Inc.
    Home office Rt. 11, Box 258a, Mobile, Al 36609
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • STATE OF ALABAMA, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, F.Y. 1980, P. 36.

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

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980, SAND AND GRAVEL INDIVIDUAL RESPONDENT TOTALS IN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUB. DATA, 4 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, UNPUB. SAND AND GRAVEL PRODUCTION FOR ALABAMA COUNTIES, 1980, P. 3

Reporter information

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

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