Mine detail: The Salt Mountain Well

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Location: Clarke County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.44187, -87.86919
dep_id: 10079877
mrds_id: W030629
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bromine
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Halite
conc_proc: Piercement Salt Dome
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Salt Mountain Limestone;Hatchetigber Formation And Tuscahoma Sand;Alluvium And Low Terrace Deposits
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel,Limestone
Structure: Jackson Fault And Salt Mountain Dome
disc_yr: 1904
References:
  • Deposit:: BARKSDALE, JELKS, 1929, POSSIBLE SALT DEPOSITS IN THE VICINITY OF THE JACKSON FAULT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 10, 23 P.
  • Deposit:: CAUSEY, LAWSON, AND NEWTON, JOHN, 1972, GEOLOGY OF CLARKE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 95.
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