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Cullom Springs Well

Occurrence in Choctaw 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079912
MRDS ID W030675
Record type Site
Current site name Cullom Springs Well

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.20392, 31.71908 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Relative position 1.5 KM SW OF BLADON SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Choctaw(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bladon Springs(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 Choctaw

Comments on the location information

  • CENTRAL PORTION OF S 1/2 OF SEC. 29, T9N, R2W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Hachetigbee Formation
    Rock description Hachetigbee Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.20392, 31.71908
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hachetigbee Anticline

Comments on the geologic information

  • DRILLING BEGAN IN THE HACHETIGBEE FORMATION AND PROBABLY REACHED THE UPPER PART OF THE SELMA CHALK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OIL TEST WELL

Comments on development

  • DRILLED TO A DEPTH OF 1,345 FT.; SALT WATER WAS STRUCK AT A DEPTH OF 1000 FT.

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

    DANIEL, T.W. JR., SZABO, M.W., WHITE, D.H. JR. AND CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF CHOCTAW COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP 84.

  • Deposit

    TOULMIN, L.D., LAMOREAUX, P.E., AND LANPHERE, C.R., 1951, GEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES OF CHOCTAW COUNTY, ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COUNTY REPORT 2, 197 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WATER ANALYSIS: HIGH CALCIUM BICARBONATE; MAGNESIUM BICARBONATE PRESENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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