Commodities
PrimaryBloating Material
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBLANKET
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud · Porters Creek Formation
StructureMississippi Embayment
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1972
Identification
Deposit ID10079920
MRDS IDW030685
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.12518, -87.55001
References
CLARKE, O.M. JR. AND TYRRELL, M.E., 1976, PORTERS CREEK LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 100, 35 P.CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1970, CLAYS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 20-E, 97 P.CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1973, LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE RESOURCES OF WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, 26 P.1972 DIREXPL AG