Mine detail: Lower Salt Works

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Location: Clarke County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.36687, -87.88613
dep_id: 10096547
mrds_id: W030679
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bromine
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Halite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Groundwater Solution Of Salt
ore_ctrl: Jackson Fault, Salt Dome Below
Reporter: Clarke, Otis M. Jr.
hrock_unit: Alluvium;Louann Salt
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Sand and Gravel
tectonic: Gulf Embayment
discr: Indians
References:
  • Deposit:: CAUSEY, L.V. AND NEWTON, J.G., 1972, GEOLOGY OF CLARKE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP. 95
  • Deposit:: WILSON, G.V., 1975, EARLY DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDANCE AND CONFIGURATION OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST BASIN IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA: TRANSACTION-GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOL. SOC., V. 25 P. 196-206.
  • Deposit:: BARKSDALE, JELKS, 1929, POSSIBLE SALT DEPOSITS IN THE VICINITY OF THE JACKSON FAULT, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 10, 23 P.
  • Deposit:: 1929 RECON AG
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