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Bolen Well and Upper Salt Works

Occurrence in Clarke 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079915
MRDS ID W030678
Record type Site
Current site name Bolen Well and Upper Salt Works

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.99172, 31.5702 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Relative position 3.6 KM SOUTHWEST OF THE BOLEN TOWN CHURCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jones(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Strengthford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waynesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hattiesburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Leaf(hydrologic unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

De Sota National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Mississippi(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clarke

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. 19-20, T15N, R5E
  • SE 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SECTION 17, T7N, R1E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLOATING CLAY

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.99172, 31.5702
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hatchetigbee Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SALT SEEPAGE ON JACKSON FAULT - SOURCE OF SALT LOUANN SALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 220M

Comments on the workings information

  • OIL TEST WELL

Comments on development

  • THE WELL WAS DRILLED TO A DEPTH OF 740 FT. SALT WATER WAS STRUCK AT 64 FT. AND AGAIN AT 740 FT.
  • REPORT CONTAINS CERAMIC TEST RESULTS BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CAUSEY, L.V. AND NEWTON, J.G. 1972, GEOLOGY OF CLARKE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 95.

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, T.B., 1958, SALT MINING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY 1800-1957 - MANUSCRIPT COPY: TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1929 RECON AG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SALT OBTAINED FROM AREA BY INDIANS, EARLY SETTLERS, AND BY THE CONFEDERACY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Coordinate doesn't match listed state

The coordinates (31.5702, -88.9917) appear to be in Louisiana or Mississippi, but this record is listed as being in Alabama. The location data may be incorrect.

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