| Deposit ID | 10079874 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030626 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mcintosh Salt Dome |
| Related records | 10136195 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.02031, 31.25577 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 15 |
| Relative position | 3.2 KM SE OF THE MCINTOSH SCHOOL. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washington(county)
Alabama(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
McIntosh(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Citronelle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Hattiesburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Tombigbee(hydrologic unit)
Mobile Bay-Tombigbee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Mobile-Tombigbee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Alabama | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Bromine | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Halite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel | ||
| Rock unit name | Undifferented;Louann Salt | ||
| Rock description | Undifferented;Louann Salt | ||
| |||
| (1) | -88.02031, 31.25577 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gulf Embayment |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Mobile Graben |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 125M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| Discoverer | Gulf Refining Co |
| Year of first production | 1953 |
| District name | Louann Salt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Olin Mathison Chemical Corp. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Frank W. Boykin |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030626 |
BARKSDALE, JELKS, 1929, POSSIBLE SALT DEPOSITS IN THE VICINITY OF THE JACKSON FAULT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 10, 23 P.
SZABO, M.W., CLARKE, O.M., JR., AND WHITE, D.H., JR., 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 91.
MOORE, D.L., 1971, SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 97, 80 P.
1948 DIREXPL OLIN MATHISON CHEMICAL CORPORATIO
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SALT WAS FOUND AT A DEPTH OF 125 M. ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 15-20 BILLION TONS OF SALT HERE |
| Deposit | COMMODITY WAS SOLD AS CHLORINE AND SODIUM COMPOUNDS AND SOME MINOR BY-PRODUCTS RATHER THAN AS PLAIN SALT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1980 | Clarke, Otis M. Jr. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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