Mine detail: The Salt Mountain Well

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.44187, -87.86919

Resource(N)

Primary:	Bromine
Ore:	Halite
Discovery year:	1904

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Salt Mountain Limestone;Hatchetigber Formation And Tuscahoma Sand;Alluvium And Low Terrace Deposits
Host type:	Sand and Gravel,Limestone
Structure:	Jackson Fault And Salt Mountain Dome

References

MRDS	W030629
DEP	10079877
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Clarke, Otis M. Jr.