Roberta Pit

Producer in Shelby county in Alabama, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112125
MAS/MILS ID 0011170031
Record type Site
Current site name Roberta Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.78609, 33.10046 (WGS84)
Elevation 160
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shelby(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montevallo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahaba(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Shelby

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Southern Cement Co., Div. Of Martin Marietta Corp.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEG, MARZA A. & GEORGE, I. DAVID, AL DIR OF ACTIVE MINES

  • Deposit

    AL GEOL SURVEY MAP 176, FEB 20, 1976.

  • Deposit

    SHALE IS MINED FROM THE ATHENS SHALE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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