Espy Pit

Past Producer in Barbour county in Alabama, United States with commodity Aluminum
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 10257371
MAS/MILS ID 0010050104
Record type Site
Current site name Espy Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.25464, 31.73799 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Barbour(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lawrenceville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Troy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dothan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Chattahoochee(hydrologic unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic accounting unit)

Apalachicola(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Barbour

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.25464, 31.73799

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harbison-Walker Refractories Co.
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHONE CONTACT 07-14-80 STATUS=MINED OUT

  • Deposit

    BEG, MIZRA A. AND GEORGE, I. DAVID, ALABAMA DIR. OF ACTIVE

  • Deposit

    MINES AND QUARRIES. ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 176, FEB-

  • Deposit

    RUARY 20, 1976. BAUXITE IS MINED FROM THE NANFALLA FORMA-

  • Deposit

    TION.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 10/20/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    CMS/RCF I.D. # 0100530

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    QUARRIES AL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 176, FEB. 20, 1976. BAUXITE IS

  • Deposit

    MINED FROM THE NANAFALLA FORMATION.

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.