Mine detail: Flatwood Quarry

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Location: Elmore County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.5585, -86.27914
dep_id: 10081203
mrds_id: W033185
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSE
conc_proc: Weathering, Erosion, Fluvial Deposition
Reporter: Rheams, Karen F.
hrock_unit: Terrace Deposit And Alluvium
hrock_type: Gravel,Sand and Gravel
References:
  • Deposit:: BEG, M.A., 1980, ACTIVE MINES AND QUARRIES OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. MAP 176.
  • Deposit:: STATE OF ALABAMA, 1980, DIVISION OF SAFETY AND INSPECTION-STATISTICAL ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1980: DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 53 P.
  • Production:: STATE OF ALABAMA, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, FY 1980, P. 38.
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