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Unnamed Quarry

Producer in Chilton 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 10081405
MRDS ID W033432
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.90832, 32.7485 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Relative position IN STANTON, CHILTON COUNTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chilton(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plantersville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clanton(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 Chilton

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 6, T20N, R12E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCRETE SAND AND GRAVEL; HIGH SILICA GRAVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result SAND SPECIFIC GRAVITY=2.66
Result GRAVEL SPECIFIC GRAVITY=2.62

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Tuscaloosa Group
    Rock description Alluvium;Tuscaloosa Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.90832, 32.7485
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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 Central Sand And Gravel Co., Stanton, Al.
    First year 1967

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • QUARRY ACTIVE IN 1967; EXCAVATION BY DRAGLINE; PROCESSING BY SCREEN WITH WASHER. ; ECON.COM: CAPACITY=1,000 SHORT TONS PER 8 HOUR DAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SZABO, M.W., 1967, SAND AND GRAVEL IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEYCIRC. 44, 44 P.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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