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G.W. Morgan Estate Well Number 1

Occurrence in Wilcox county in Alabama, United States with commodity Bromine
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079876
MRDS ID W030627
Record type Site
Current site name G.W. Morgan Estate Well Number 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.59723, 31.96075 (WGS84)
Elevation 56
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 1.3 KM SW OF THE PINE HILL SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilcox(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monroeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Andalusia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Wilcox

Comments on the location information

  • EXPOSED ON NORTH FACING ESCARPMENT
  • SE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 32 OF T. 12N., R.5E., SOUTH OF PINE HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt
    Rock unit name Louann Salt
    Rock description Louann Salt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.59723, 31.96075
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gulf Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Jackson Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30M
    Depth to top 2445M
    Depth to bottom 2475M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Salt Basin

Comments on the geologic information

  • BOTTOM OF WELL SMACKOVER FORMATION
  • VOLCANIC ASH IN MARINE SEDIMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1945

Mining district

District name Louann Salt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Natural Gas Co.

Comments on development

  • WELL WAS DRILLED TO A DEPTH OF 8250FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARKSDALE, JELKS, 1929, POSSIBLE SALT DEPOSITS IN THE VICINITY OF THE JACKSON FAULT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 10, 23P.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M., JR., DANIEL, T.W., JR., AND SZABO, M.W., 1970 MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILCOX COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 66, 15P.

  • Deposit

    1945 DIREXPL SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPAN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS APPRXIMATELY 100FT. OF SALT REPORTED TO BE HERE.
Deposit DRILL CORE OR FILE ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT
Deposit EXTENDS ACROSS COUNTY. DIPS S 9 TO 18 M/KM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

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