Tallahatta Claystone, Monroe County

Prospect in Monroe county in Alabama, United States with commodities Fullers Earth, Zeolites
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001813
MRDS ID W030638
Record type District
Current site name Tallahatta Claystone, Monroe County

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.41671, 31.71689 (WGS84)
Relative position EXPOSED ON NORTH FACING ESCARPMENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monroe(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monroeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Andalusia(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Monroe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fullers Earth Primary
Zeolites Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.41671, 31.71689

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description REGIONAL DIP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M., JR., 1970, CLAYS OF SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR 20-E, P. 24-27; 55-57.

  • Deposit

    REYNOLDS, W.R., 1966, STRATIGRAPHY AND GENESIS OF CLAY MINERAL AND ZEOLITE STRATA IN THE LOWER TERTIARY OF ALABAMA, IN ALABAMA GEOL. SOC GUIDEBOOK 4TH ANN. FIELD TRIP, SOUTH ALABAMA, P. 26-37.

Beyond USGS

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