Mine detail: Bolen Well and Upper Salt Works

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Location: Clarke County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.5702, -88.99172
dep_id: 10079915
mrds_id: W030678
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bromine
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
Structure: Hatchetigbee Anticline
References:
  • Deposit:: BARKSDALE, JELKS, 1929, POSSIBLE SALT DEPOSITS IN THE VICINITY OF THE JACKSON FAULT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 10, 23 P.
  • Deposit:: CAUSEY, L.V. AND NEWTON, J.G. 1972, GEOLOGY OF CLARKE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 95.
  • Deposit:: PEARSON, T.B., 1958, SALT MINING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY 1800-1957 - MANUSCRIPT COPY: TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
  • Deposit:: 1929 RECON AG
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