Dixieland Mine

Producer in Russell county in Alabama, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE
Sections on this page
  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 10081284
MRDS ID W033288
Record type Site
Current site name Dixieland Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.96661, 32.38768 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position 1.7 MILES N 10 DEGREES E OF BRICKYARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbus(county)

Georgia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Americus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phenix City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Russell

Comments on the location information

  • SECTIONS 35 AND 36, T17N, R30E, AND SECTIONS 1,2,11, AND 12, T16N, R30E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Kyanite Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Quartz Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result 9.4% HEAVY MINERALS: 55.6 LB/TON ILMENITE, 5.6 LB/TON ZIRCON, 2.4 LB/TON KYANITE, 4.3 LB/TON RUTILE, 2.3 LB/TON MONAZITE

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) -84.96661, 32.38768

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Calhoun Products, Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 8509, Columbus, Ga 31908
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • STATE OF ALABAMA, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS FY 1980, P. 37.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY; HYDRAULIC DREDGE

Comments on development

  • QUARRY ACTIVE IN 1980; ALSO LISTED UNDER CONSOLIDATED GRAVEL CO, BRICKYARD ROAD, PHENIX CITY, AL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: DAVIS, E.G., AND SULLIVAN, G.V., 1971, RECOVERY OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST-ERN UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 7517, 25P.

  • Deposit

    BEG, M.A., 1980, ACTIVE MINES AND QUARRIES OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. MAP 176.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1980, SAND AND GRAVEL INDIVIDUAL RESPONDENT TOTALS INCOUNTIES OF ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED 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.

  • Deposit

    SZABO, M.W., 1967, SAND AND GRAVEL IN ALABAMA-A SUMMARY REPORT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 44, 41 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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