Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Kirkland, Brenda L.

Committee Member

Dewey, Christopher P.

Committee Member

Schmitz, Darrel W.

Date of Degree

5-1-2010

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Geosciences

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Geosciences

Abstract

The Wilcox Group includes the most abundant lignite bearing strata in Mississippi. Currently, the only lignite mine in Mississippi is located in Choctaw County with a proposed mine in Kemper County. Six lignite seams are currently mined in Choctaw County. One of those seams is believed to be continuous, from SE Choctaw County through central Winston County, NE Neshoba County into SW Kemper County (roughly 50 miles). Establishing a cross section from Choctaw to Kemper County verifying a continuous lignite seam would provide a stratigraphic marker horizon in correlation along strike, which is uncommon in the Wilcox Group sediments. Through observation of over 60 geophysical logs from test wells along strike, SEM and petrographic microscopy, the lignite seam was verified as being continuous from the mine in Choctaw County to the new proposed site in Kemper County and should be used as stratigraphic marker horizon for correlation along strike.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/18305

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