Unnamed Quarry

Producer in Conecuh county in Alabama, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10081410
MRDS ID W033439
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.10472, 31.31687 (WGS84)
Elevation 82
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES N 75 DEGREES W OF CASTLEBERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Conecuh(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castleberry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Andalusia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Conecuh(hydrologic unit)

Escambia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Choctawhatchee-Escambia(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Conecuh

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SECTION 18, T4N, R10E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Citronelle Formation
    Rock description Citronelle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.10472, 31.31687

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 Archer Sand And Gravel Co.
    Home office Rt. 2, Box 74, Castleberry, Al 36432
    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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.