Mine detail: Holley Pit

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Location: Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.23348, -87.6014
dep_id: 10081292
mrds_id: W033298
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:: 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U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980, SAND AND GRAVEL INDIVIDUAL RESPONDENT TOTALS IN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED DATA, 4 P.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, 1980, DIVISION OF SAFETY AND INSPECTION-STATISTICAL ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 1980: DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 53 P.
  • Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, UNPUB. SAND AND GRAVEL PRODUCTION FOR ALABAMA COUNTIES, 1980, P. 3.
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