Henry County Gibbsite Sand

Prospect in Henry 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 60001796
MRDS ID W029029
Record type District
Current site name Henry County Gibbsite Sand

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.20824, 31.70019 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henry(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Gaines NW(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 Henry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.20824, 31.70019

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

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M., JR., 1971, GIBBSITE IN COASTAL PLAIN SOILS, SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, V. 13, NO. 2, P. 77-90.

Beyond USGS

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