Mine detail: Barbers Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 29.80024, -94.92022

Resource(N)

Primary: Halite
Tertiary: Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, Ultra Pure
Ore: Halite
Gangue: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1908

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Louann
Host type:Limestone,Salt
Structure:Piercement Salt Dome
Tectonic:Houston Salt Basin
Alteration processes:Biogenic Alteration Of Anhydrock To Limestone

References

MRDSTC34001
DEP10061150
Reference{Deposit:: HAMLIN, H.S., ET AL, 1988, HYDROGEOLOGY OF BARBERS HILL SALT DOME, TEXAS COASTAL PLAIN:TX BEG RI-176, 41 P.}{Deposit:: BEVIER, G.M., 1925, THE BARBERS HILL OIL FIELD, CHAMBERS CO., TEXAS: AAPG BULL. V. 9, P. 958-973.}{Deposit:: JUDSON, S.A., ET AL, 1932, OVERHANGING CAP ROCK AND SALT AT BARBERS HILL, CHAMBERS CO, TEXAS: AAPG BULL., V. 16, P. 469-482.}{Deposit:: HALBOUTY, M.T., 1939, GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF BARBERS HILL DOME: WORLD PETROLEUM, V. 10, P. 40-55.}{Deposit:: USBM IC 8313}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, K.R.