Mine detail: Tatum Dome Occurrence

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Location: Lamar County, Mississippi, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.10576, -89.58979
dep_id: 10061166
mrds_id: TC34018
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Salt, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Evaporite, Marine
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Sphalerite, Gypsum, Anhydrite, Limestone, Halite, Sulfur
gangue: Quartz, Pyrite, Bitumen, Strontianite, Celestite
model: 252: Salt domes: diapiric salt structures
Reporter: Thompson, David E., Long, Keith R., Woodruff, Laurel G.
hrock_unit: Louann
hrock_type: Limestone,Evaporite,Salt
Structure: Gypsum, Anhydrite, Halite
disc_yr: 1940
References:
  • Deposit:: SAUNDERS, J.A., 1988, OCCURRENCE AND ORIGIN OF NATIVE SULFUR IN CAPROCK FROM TATUM SALT DOME, MISSISSIPPI: MISSISSIPPI GEOLOGY, V. 8, N. 3, P. 1-4.
  • Deposit:: MORGAN, C.L., 1941, TATUM SALT DOME: AAPG BULL. V. 29, P. 815-835.
  • Deposit:: Saunders, J.A., 1988, Occurrence And Origin Of Native Sulfur In Caprock From Tatum Salt Dome, Mississippi: Mississippi Geology, V. 8, P. 1-5.Saunders, J.A., 1988, Occurrence And Origin Of Native Sulfur In Caprock From Tatum Salt Dome, Mississippi: Mississippi Geology, V. 8, P. 1-5.
  • Deposit:: Morgan, C.L., 1941, Tatum Salt Dome: Aapg Bulletin, V. 29, P. 815-835.Morgan, C.L., 1941, Tatum Salt Dome: Aapg Bulletin, V. 29, P. 815-835.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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