Mine detail: Escambia Pit

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Location: Escambia County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.05021, -87.13667
dep_id: 10081208
mrds_id: W033191
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: TABULAR
conc_proc: Weathering, Erosion, Fluvial Deposition
Reporter: Rheams, Karen F.
hrock_unit: 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:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980 SAND AND GRAVEL INDIVIDUAL RESPONDENT TOTALS IN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED DATA, 4P.
  • Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUB, SAND AND GRAVEL PRODUCTION FOR ALABAMA COUNTIES, P. 2.
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