Mine detail: Grand Saline Mine

Previously called 'Kleer'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.6571, -95.70497

Resource(N)

Primary: Halite
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Anhydrite, Gypsum, Halite
Discovery year: 1888

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1931

Geology

Host rock:Louann
Host type:Salt
Structure:Piercement Salt Dome
Tectonic:East Texas Basin

References

MRDSTC34010
DEP10061159
Reference{Deposit:: JACKSON, M.P.A., ET AL, 1984, ALTAS OF SALT DOMES IN THE EAST TEXAS BASIN: TX BEG RI 140, P. 60-64.}{Deposit:: BALK, R., 1949, STRUCTURE OF GRAND SALINE SALT DOME, VAN ZANDS COUNTY, TEXAS: AAPG BULL V. 33, P. 1791-1829.}{Deposit:: USBM IC 8313}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, K.R.