Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Company Quarry

Colbert County, Alabama, United States

Stone Crushed/Broken Limestone General Rock Asphalt

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Rock Asphalt

Commodity typeNonmetallic

Deposit

Deposit typeSedimentary

Deposit sizeY

Orebody formTABULAR

Ore controlBedding

Materials

Ore mineralsSandstone

Geology

Host rockLimestone · Bangor Limestone; Asphaltic, Massive-Bedded, Crystalline, Oolitic And Very Fossiliferous Limestone.;Hartselle Sandstone, Asphaltic, Fine-To Medium-Grained, Massive Bedded, Slightly Fossiliferous Sandstone.;Bethel Sandstone; Asphaltic, Fine-To Medium-Grained, Massive-Bedded Sandstone.;Gasper Limestone; Asphaltic, Massive-Bedded And Oolitic Limestone, With Interbedded Shale And Lithographic Limestone

StructureThe Hartselle Sandstone Trends Northwest, Pinching Out To The Northeast And Southwest.

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1923

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References

MOFTAH, I., 1973, ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF ALABAMA TAR SANDS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA, CIRC. 89, 58 P.JONES, W.B., 1928, SUMMARY OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE OF THE ROCK-ASPHALT DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA, CIRC. 5, 22 P.CLARK, G.H., 1925, ROCK ASPHALTS OF ALABAMA AND THEIR USE IN PAVING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA, SPEC. RPT. NO. 13, 97 P.MEYER, R.F., AND SWEENEY, J.W., 1968, ASPHALT, CRUDE OIL, AND SHALLOW OIL RESERVOIRS: IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 580, P. 96 - 101.1925 OTHER CLARK, G.H., GEOL. SUR. ALA. SP. RPT. 131928 OTHER JONES, W.B., GEOL. SUR. ALA. CIRC. 51968 COMPILE MEYER, R.F., AND SWEENEY, J.W.; APP. RPT.1973 OTHER MOFTAH, I., GEOL. SUR. ALA. CIRC. 89U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1965, MONOGRAPH 12.

Identification

Deposit ID10026276

MRDS IDK003519

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates34.70172, -87.80347