Mine detail: Damon Mound Mine

Previously called 'Damon Quarry'

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Location

Lat / long: 29.28887, -95.74636

Resource(B)

Primary: Sulfur, Limestone, Ultra Pure
Tertiary: Halite, Zinc
Ore: Halite, Limestone, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year: 1916

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1953
Last production ended: 1957

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

MRDSTC34008
DEP10061157
Reference{Deposit:: COLLINS, E.W., 1988, GEOLOGY OF DAMON MOUND SALT DOME, TEXAS: TX BEG GC 88-1, 24 P.}{Deposit:: BEVIER, G.M., 1925, THE DAMON MOUND OIL FIELD, TEXAS: AAPG BULL. V. 9, P. 505-526.}{Deposit:: HURLBURT, E.M., 1943, LIMESTONE ON DAMON MOUND, BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS: TX BEG BULL. 4301, P. 265-269.}{Deposit:: USBM IC 8313}{Deposit:: HAYNES, W., 1942, THE STONE THAT BURNS: NEW YORK, VAN NOSTRAND, 344 P.}{Deposit:: SASSEN, R., ET AL, 1988, RECENT HYDROCARBON ALTERATION, SULFATE REDUCTION AND FORMATION OF ELEMENTAL SULFUR AND METAL SULFIDES IN SALT DOME CAPROCK: CHEM. GEOL., V. 74, P. 57-60.}{Deposit:: HALBOUTY, M.T., 1979, SALT DOMES, GULF REGION: 2ND ED, HOUSTON, GULF PUB. CO.}{Deposit:: PRIKRYL, J.D., ET AL, 1988, A PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL MODEL FOR THE ORIGIN OF CALCITE CAP ROCK AT DAMON MOUND SALT DOME, TEXAS, U.S.A.: CHEM. GEOL. V. 74, P. 67-97.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: HALBOUTY (1979) P. 140.}
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