Mine detail: Tallahatta Claystone, Clarke County

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Location: Clarke County, Alabama, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.83349, -87.75002
dep_id: 60001812
mrds_id: W030637
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fullers Earth, Zeolites
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: BEDDED
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Prospect
Structure: REGIONAL DIP SW-6M/KM
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.
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