Mine detail: Pit Number 1

Previously called 'Belmont Quarry'

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Location: Sumter County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.59461, -87.91113
dep_id: 10081288
mrds_id: W033293
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Weathering, Erosion, Fluvial Sedimentation
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:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980, SAND AND GRAVEL INDIVIDUAL RESPONDENT TOTALS IN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED DATA, 4 P.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:: STATE OF ALABAMA, 1979, DIVISION OF SAFETY AND INSPECTION-STATISTICAL ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1979: DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 62 P.
  • Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980, UNPUB SAND AND GRAVEL DATA FOR ALABAMA COUNTIES, P. 3.
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