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Old Fuller Earth Mine

Past Producer in Clarke county in Alabama, United States with commodities Fullers Earth, Zeolites
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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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079882
MRDS ID W030636
Record type Site
Current site name Old Fuller Earth Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.05836, 31.86269 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clarke(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coffeeville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Waynesboro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hattiesburg(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

  • NE 1/4 SEC 22 T11N R1W ON TRAIL-EDGE OF BLUFF

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fullers Earth Primary
Zeolites Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Heulandite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Rock unit name Tallahatta Formation
    Rock description Tallahatta Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.05836, 31.86269
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional Dip Sw-6m/Km

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 35M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANIC ASH IN MARINE SEDIMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 10M

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.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, O.M., JR., 1962, TALLAHATTA FORMATION: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, 4 P.

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON AGS

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON AGS AND FLORIDA STATE U.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINED AND PROCESSED AS FULLERS EARTH-MOST PRODUCTION USED AS FILLER. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

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