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Taylor Property

Occurrence in Wilcox county in Alabama, United States with commodity Bloating Material
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079921
MRDS ID W030686
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.5639, 32.12796 (WGS84)
Elevation 43
Relative position NORTH OF LAMISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wilcox(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flatwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Selma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montgomery(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

  • N 1/2 SEC. 3, T13N, R5E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bloating Material Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLOATING CLAY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Porters Creek Formation
    Rock description Porters Creek Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.5639, 32.12796
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mississippi Embayment

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 30M

Comments on the geologic information

  • UPPER 30 M OF PORTERS CREEK FORMATION SUITABLE FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE-LOWER PART OF FORMATION CONTAINS EXCESSIVE LIME.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1972
Discoverer Judge Josiah R. Bonner

Mining district

District name Porters Creek Clay

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR., AND TYRRELL, M.E., 1976, PORTERS CREEK LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 100, 35 P

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1970, CLAYS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 20-E, 97 P.

  • Deposit

    LAMOREAUX, P.E., AND TOULMIN, L.S., 1959, GEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES OF WILCOX CTY, ALA: ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COUNTY REPT. 4,280 P.

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON, H.K., LAWRENCE, J.A., LANEY, C.A., SELLERS, J.D., AND BISHOP, E.G., 1966, SYNTHETIC AGGREGATE FROM CENTRAL ALA. CLAYS: ALA. HWY. RESEARCH HPR REPT. 20, 257 P.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1973, LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE RESOURCES OF WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    1972 DIREXPL AG

Reporter information

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

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