Mine detail: Dixieland Mine

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Location: Russell County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.38768, -84.96661
dep_id: 10081284
mrds_id: W033288
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Trace mineral: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Ilmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Weathering, Erosion, Fluvial Deposition
Reporter: Rheams, Karen F.
hrock_unit: Terrace Deposit
hrock_type: Gravel,Sand and Gravel
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: DAVIS, E.G., AND SULLIVAN, G.V., 1971, RECOVERY OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST-ERN UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 7517, 25P.
  • Deposit:: BEG, M.A., 1980, ACTIVE MINES AND QUARRIES OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC. MAP 176.
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1980, SAND AND GRAVEL INDIVIDUAL RESPONDENT TOTALS INCOUNTIES OF ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED DATA, 4 P.
  • Deposit:: STATE OF ALABAMA, 1980, DIVISION OF SAFETY AND INSPECTION-STATISTICAL ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1980: DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 53 P.
  • Deposit:: SZABO, M.W., 1967, SAND AND GRAVEL IN ALABAMA-A SUMMARY REPORT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 44, 41 P.
  • Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, UNPUB. SAND AND GRAVEL PRODUCTION FOR ALABAMA COUNTIES, 1980, P. 3.
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