Unnamed Quarry

Producer in Marshall county in Alabama, United States with commodity Silica
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 10107403
MRDS ID W033229
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.39998, 34.32374 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position WEST OF GUNTERSVILLE; 1.5 MILES EAST OF BEECH CRK. AND CO. RD. 25

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marshall(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arab(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guntersville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gadsden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Guntersville Lake(hydrologic unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Tennessee-Elk(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Marshall

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 23, T8S, R2E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONSTRUCTION AND MORTAR SAND

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Pottsville Formation
    Rock description Pottsville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.39998, 34.32374

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alpine Sand Co.
    Home office Gadsden, Al
    First year 1967

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • EXCAVATION BY FRONT END LOADER; PROCESSING BY HYDRAULIC CLASSIFIER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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