Mine detail: Mount Meigs Quarry

Previously called 'Jordan Mining Co. Pit'

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Location: Montgomery County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.39879, -86.0833
dep_id: 10081280
mrds_id: W033283
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
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 Deposit
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.
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980, SAND AND GRAVEL INDIVIDUAL RESPONDENT TOTALS IN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED DATA, 4 P.
  • Deposit:: SZABO, M.W., 1967, SAND AND GRAVEL IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 44, 44 P.
  • Deposit:: DAVIS, E.G., AND SULLIVAN, G.V., 1971, RECOVERY OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN U.S.: BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 7517, 25 P.
  • Production:: STATE OF ALABAMA, 1980, DEPT. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, F.Y. 1980, P. 39.
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