Baldwin County Gibbsite Sand

Prospect in Baldwin 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001795
MRDS ID W029028
Record type District
Current site name Baldwin County Gibbsite Sand

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.66672, 30.41693 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baldwin(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pensacola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pensacola(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Perdido Bay(hydrologic unit)

Florida Panhandle Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Choctawhatchee-Escambia(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Baldwin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.66672, 30.41693

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer C. Bingham

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FISKELL, J.G. A., AND OTHERS, 1970, SELECTED COASTAL PLAIN SOILS PROPERTIES: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, SOUTHERN COOP. SER. BULL. 148, 141 P

Beyond USGS

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