Mine detail: Bush Well

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Location: Clarke County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.54048, -87.96391
dep_id: 10093808
mrds_id: W030628
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bromine
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Halite
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Tuscahoma Sand;Louann Salt
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Sand and Gravel
Structure: Jackson Fault And The Hachetigbee Anticline
disc_yr: 1902
References:
  • Deposit:: BARKSDALE, JELKS, 1929, POSSIBLE SALT DEPOSITS IN THE VICINITY OF THE JACKSON FAULT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 10, 23P.
  • Deposit:: CAUSEY, LAWSON, AND NEWTON, JOHN, 1972, GEOLOGY OF CLARKE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 95.
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