Mine detail: Shiloh Pit

Previously called 'Dixie Sand and Gravel Pit'

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Montgomery County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.22796, -86.37081
dep_id: 10081270
mrds_id: W033271
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size: Medium 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
hrock_type: Gravel,Sand and Gravel
References:
  • Deposit:: SZABO, M.W., 1967, SAND AND GRAVEL IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 44,44P.
  • Deposit:: DAVIS, E.G., AND SULLIVAN, G.V., 1971, RECOVERY OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN U.S.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 7517, 25P.
  • Deposit:: STATE OF ALABAMA, 1976, DIVISION OF SAFETY AND INSPECTION - STATISTICAL ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1975 - 1976: DE-PARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 62P.
  • Production:: STATE OF ALABAMA, 1976, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1975 - 1976, P.46.
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.