Barbour Operation Wilson-Snead Mill

Producer in Barbour county in Alabama, United States with commodity Kaolin
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 10281954
MAS/MILS ID 0010059001
Record type Site
Current site name Barbour Operation Wilson-Snead Mill
Alternate or previous names Wilson-Snead Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -85.14914, 31.88879 (WGS84)
Elevation 79

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Barbour(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eufaula North(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
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -85.14914, 31.88879

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Didier Taylor Refractories
    ID 100807

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROCESSES BAUXITE FROM SEVERAL MINES IN BARBOUR

  • Deposit

    AND HENDERSON COUNTIES

  • Deposit

    1979 E&MJ DIRECTORY PAGE 153

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSP. 10/20/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    RCF/CMS LISTS 10/81 GIVE I.D. # FOR THIS OPERATION = 0100554

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 01/01/1983
MSHA mine ID0100807
Mine name (MSHA)Wilson-Snead Mill
Current operatorDidier-Taylor Refractories Corp
Current controller (parent)Didier-Werke Ag
Mine typeFacility (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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