Nectar Pit

Producer in Blount 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232035
MAS/MILS ID 0010090101
Record type Site
Current site name Nectar Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -86.65279, 33.95344 (WGS84)
Elevation 149
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blount(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nectar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Locust(hydrologic unit)

Black Warrior-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Blount

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Huntsville 012 S 001 W 33 Alabama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -86.65279, 33.95344

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 F. And W Co., Inc.
    ID 102094
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE LISTING 5-18-81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. REPT. 8/27/81

  • Deposit

    LOCATION BY MSHA.

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/03/1982
MSHA mine ID0102094
Mine name (MSHA)Nectar Pit
Current operatorF & W Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Fullenwider Travis
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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