Mine detail: Smith Pit

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Location: Mobile County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 30.83911, -88.19836
dep_id: 10081243
mrds_id: W033236
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silica
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:: STATE OF ALABAMA, 1979, DIVISION OF SAFETY AND INSPECTION-STATISTICAL ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR, 1979: DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 62 P.
  • Production:: STATE OF ALABAMA, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, F.Y. 1979, P 41.
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