Smith Pit No. 1

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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257639
MAS/MILS ID 0010050106
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Pit No. 1
Alternate or previous names Barbour County Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.19634, 31.77409 (WGS84)
Elevation 82
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

Eufaula South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Troy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dothan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F(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) -85.19634, 31.77409

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 Unknown
    Owner Harbison-Walker Refractories Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHONE CONTACT 07-14-80 STATUS=MINED OUT

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AL GEOL SURVEY MAP 176, FEB 20, 1976.

  • Deposit

    BAUXITE IS MINED FROM THE NANAFALIA FORMATION.

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 10/20/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    RCF AND CMS LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    RCF/CMS I.D. # = 0100530

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATABASE AND FILE MAINTENANCE COMPLETED JUNE 1983 BASED UPON ALL NEW INFORMATION LOCATED.

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.