Mine detail: Moss Bluff Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

29.8958, -94.69439

Resource(N)

Primary:	Sulfur
Tertiary:	Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure
Ore:	Halite
Discovery year:	1944

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1948
Last production ended:	1982

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

MRDS	TC34019
DEP	10061167
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM IC 8313}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.E., 1926, TWO NEW SALT DOMES IN TEXAS: AAPG BULLETIN V. 10, P. 1171-1172.}{Deposit:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW (11/3/90), P. 4-5.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, K.R.