Alabama · Wilcox County
Occurrence

Taylor Property

Wilcox County, Alabama, United States
Bloating Material
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Description

Judge Josiah R. Bonner

Commodities
PrimaryBloating Material
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBLANKET
Materials
GangueCalcite, Gypsum
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud · Porters Creek Formation
StructureMississippi Embayment
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1972
Identification
Deposit ID10079921
MRDS IDW030686
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates32.12796, -87.5639
References
CLARKE, O.M. JR., AND TYRRELL, M.E., 1976, PORTERS CREEK LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 100, 35 PCLARKE, O.M. JR., 1970, CLAYS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIR. 20-E, 97 P.LAMOREAUX, P.E., AND TOULMIN, L.S., 1959, GEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES OF WILCOX CTY, ALA: ALA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COUNTY REPT. 4,280 P.STEPHENSON, H.K., LAWRENCE, J.A., LANEY, C.A., SELLERS, J.D., AND BISHOP, E.G., 1966, SYNTHETIC AGGREGATE FROM CENTRAL ALA. CLAYS: ALA. HWY. RESEARCH HPR REPT. 20, 257 P.CLARKE, O.M. JR., 1973, LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE RESOURCES OF WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, 26 P.1972 DIREXPL AG