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The Salt Mountain Well

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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079877
MRDS ID W030629
Record type Site
Current site name The Salt Mountain Well

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.86919, 31.44187 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.6 KM NW OF ROCKVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clarke(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alma(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

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 34, T.6N., R.2E., AT THE FOOT OF SALT MOUNTAIN
  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = HATTIESBURG 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Salt Mountain Limestone;Hatchetigber Formation And Tuscahoma Sand;Alluvium And Low Terrace Deposits
    Rock description Salt Mountain Limestone;Hatchetigber Formation And Tuscahoma Sand;Alluvium And Low Terrace Deposits
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Wilcox Group; Hatchetigbee Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Jackson Fault And Salt Mountain Dome
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALLUVIUM AND LOW TERRACE DEPOSITS OF HOLOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE AGE SURROUND THE AREA, DEPOSITS ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 50 FT. THICK, CONSISTING MAINLY OF SILT, SAND, CLAY & GRAVEL
  • VOLCANIC ASH IN MARINE SEDIMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Mining district

District name Central Salt Works Louann Salt

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • THE WELL WAS DRILLED TO A DEPTH OF 921 FT. IT IS LOCATED NEAR THE JACKSON FAULT.

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, LAWSON, AND NEWTON, JOHN, 1972, GEOLOGY OF CLARKE COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 95.

Reporter information

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

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