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Unnamed Quarry

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 10107414
MRDS ID W033281
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.37915, 32.40018 (WGS84)
Elevation 46
Relative position AT HUNTER STATION, NORTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY

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

  • N 1/2 SECTION 5, AND NW 1/4 SECTION 4, T16N, R17E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dixie Sand And Gravel Co., Inc.
    Home office Birmingham Hwy., Montgomery, Al.
    First year 1967

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Comments on development

  • EXCAVATION BY FRONT END LOADER AND DRAGLINE; PROCESSING BY VIBRATING SCREENS

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

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