Mine detail: Osborn Pit Number 1

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Location: Etowah County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.01681, -86.12441
dep_id: 10081218
mrds_id: W033204
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: Sand and Gravel
References:
  • Deposit:: BEG, M.A., 1980, ACTIVE MINES AND QUARRIES OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOL.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. 39.
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