Alabama · Franklin County
Producer
Tennessee Valley Sand and Gravel Company
Franklin County, Alabama, United States
Sand and Gravel Construction
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
PrimarySand and Gravel, Construction
Commodity typeNonmetallic
Deposit
Deposit typeUnconsolidated Sediments
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formBLANKET
Materials
Ore mineralsSand and Gravel
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Gravel,Sand and Gravel · Tuscaloosa Formation; Poorly Sorted, Light-Gray Chert Gravel In A Matrix Of Silt And Sand, With Local Interbeds Of Sand And Clay.;Pottsville Formation; Fine-To Coarse-Grained, Thin-Bedded To Massive Sandstone With Interbedded Shale
StructureRegional Dip Toward South, 57 Feet/Mile
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
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References
SZABO, M. W., 1967, SAND AND GRAVEL IN ALABAMA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA, CIRC. 44, 41 P1967 COMPILE SZABO, M. W., GEOL. SUR. ALA. CIR. 4
Identification
Deposit ID10026369
MRDS IDK004773
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates34.37874, -87.72085
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.