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Grand Bay Quarry

Producer in Mobile 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081254
MRDS ID W033250
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Bay Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.36671, 30.4669 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Relative position 1.5 MILES S70 DEGREES W OF GRAND BAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mobile(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Biloxi(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

  • SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 3, T7S, R4W

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) -88.36671, 30.4669
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Whitehead Construction Co., Inc.
    Home office 5602 Industrial Rd., Pascagoula, Ms.
    First year 1980

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: DEPARTMEN-T OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 53P.

  • Production

    STATE OF ALABAMA, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, F.Y. 1980, P.41

Reporter information

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

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