Mine detail: Mcintosh Salt Dome

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 31.25577, -88.02031

Resource(N)

Primary: Bromine
Ore: Halite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1945

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1953

Geology

Host rock:Undifferented;Louann Salt
Host type:Sand and Gravel
Structure:Gulf Embayment, Mobile Graben

References

MRDSW030626
DEP10079874
Reference{Deposit:: BARKSDALE, JELKS, 1929, POSSIBLE SALT DEPOSITS IN THE VICINITY OF THE JACKSON FAULT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 10, 23 P.}{Deposit:: SZABO, M.W., CLARKE, O.M., JR., AND WHITE, D.H., JR., 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 91.}{Deposit:: MOORE, D.L., 1971, SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 97, 80 P.}{Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL OLIN MATHISON CHEMICAL CORPORATIO}
ReporterClarke, Otis M. Jr.