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Bush 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093808
MRDS ID W030628
Record type Site
Current site name Bush Well

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.96391, 31.54048 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Relative position 2.5 KM SW OF STAVE CREEK CHURCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clarke(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monroeville(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

  • SEC. 27 OF T.7N., R. 1E ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF EDGAR WELL.

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 > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Tuscahoma Sand;Louann Salt
    Rock description Tuscahoma Sand;Louann Salt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.96391, 31.54048
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Jackson Fault And The Hachetigbee Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • SALT WATER FLOWS ALONG FAULTS FROM LOUANN SALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • DRILLED TO A DEPTH OF 800 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARKSDALE, JELKS, 1929, POSSIBLE SALT DEPOSITS IN THE VICINITY OF THE JACKSON FAULT: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 10, 23P.

  • 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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