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Lower 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096547
MRDS ID W030679
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Salt Works

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.88613, 31.36687 (WGS84)
Elevation 9

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clarke(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ginhouse Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Andalusia(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Clarke

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SALT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Louann Salt
    Rock description Alluvium;Louann Salt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.88613, 31.36687
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Jackson Fault, Salt Dome Below

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WELLS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WILSON, G.V., 1975, EARLY DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDANCE AND CONFIGURATION OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST BASIN IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA: TRANSACTION-GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOL. SOC., V. 25 P. 196-206.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1929 RECON AG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SALT USED BY INDIANS, EARLY SETTLERS AND BY CONFEDERATE STATES DURING CIVIL WAR. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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