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Russell Quarry

Past Producer in Montgomery 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 10081271
MRDS ID W033272
Record type Site
Current site name Russell Quarry
Related records 10282131

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.43331, 32.38268 (WGS84)
Elevation 43
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUNTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prattville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montgomery(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 Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • SECTIONS 3, 10, AND 11, T16N, R16E

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 Terrace Deposit
    Rock description Terrace Deposit

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.43331, 32.38268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Russell Sand And Gravel Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • QUARRY ACTIVE IN 1973-1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, E.G., AND SULLIVAN, G.V., 1971, RECOVERY OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN U.S.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 7517, 25P.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF ALABAMA, 1974, DIVISION OF SAFETY AND INSPECTION, - STATISTICAL ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1973-1974: DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 52P.

  • Production

    STATE OF ALABAMA, 1974, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1973 - 1974, P.37.

Reporter information

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

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