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The Mccorquodale 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079914
MRDS ID W030677
Record type Site
Current site name The Mccorquodale Well

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.0467, 31.62103 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Relative position 2.78 KM NE OF SALITPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clarke(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Stephens(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, SEC. 35, T8N, R1W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.0467, 31.62103
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hatchetigbee Anticline And The Jackson Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALLUVIUM AND LOW TERRACE DEPOSITS OF HOLOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE AGE SURROUND AREA. DEPOSITS ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 50 FT. THICK CONSISTING OF SILT, SAND, CLAY AND GRAVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1100M

Comments on the workings information

  • OIL TEST WELL

Comments on development

  • DRILLED TO A DEPTH OF 3695 FT. SALT WATER WAS STRUCK AT 533 FT. AND AGAIN AT 1072-1100 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

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE AREAS OF THE SALT SPRINGS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY LOW, MARSHY SWAMPS, USUALLY BARREN, BUT MAY BE COVERED WITH A PARTICULAR GROWTH, PALMETTOS OR A SALT WATER WEED.

Reporter information

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

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