Mine detail: Old Fuller Earth Mine

Location:	Clarke County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long:	31.86269, -88.05836
dep_id:	10079882
mrds_id:	W030636
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Fullers Earth
Trace mineral:	Zeolites
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Heulandite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit:	Tallahatta Formation
hrock_type:	Claystone
arock_type:	Volcanic Ash
Structure:	Regional Dip Sw-6m/Km
tectonic:	Gulf Embayment
References:	Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1970, CLAYS OF SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR 20-E, P. 24-27; 55-57. Deposit:: REYNOLDS, W.R., 1966, STRATIGRAPHY AND GENESIS OF CLAY MINERAL AND ZEOLITE STRATA IN THE LOWER TERTIARY OF ALABAMA,IN ALABAMA GEOL. SOC GUIDEBOOK 4TH ANN. FIELD TRIP, SOUTH ALABAMA, P. 26-37. Deposit:: CLARKE, O.M., JR., 1962, TALLAHATTA FORMATION: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, 4 P. Deposit:: 1963 RECON AGS Deposit:: 1966 RECON AGS AND FLORIDA STATE U.