Mine detail: Alabama River

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Location: Montgomery County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.40851, -86.33748
dep_id: 10100916
mrds_id: W029520
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Trace mineral: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Weathering -- Erosion, Sedimentation
ore_ctrl: River Channel
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
References:
  • Deposit:: SULLIVAN, G.V., AND BROWNING, J.S., 1970, RECOVERY OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EASTERN U.S.: U.S. BUR OF MINES RPT INV. 7517, 25 P
  • Deposit:: 1967 RECON AGS
  • Deposit:: SZABO, M.W., 1967, SAND AND GRAVEL IN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 44, 44 P.
  • Deposit:: 1970 RECON U.S. BUR. OF MINES
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