Mine detail: Nash Dome Mine

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 29.30804, -95.65496
dep_id: 10061168
mrds_id: TC34020
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Trace mineral: Limestone, Ultra Pure, Halite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Halite
model: 255: Salt-dome sulfur
alteration: Biogenic Alteration Of Anhydrock To Limestone
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Louann
hrock_type: Limestone,Salt
Structure: Piercement Salt Dome
tectonic: Houston Salt Basin
Year first produced: 1954
yr_lst_prd: 1969
prod_yrs: 1954-1956, 1966-1969
References:
  • Deposit:: USBM IC 8313
  • Deposit:: HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 1962, TYPICAL OIL AND GAS FIELDS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS; V. 1, P. 134-137.
  • Deposit:: HALBOUTY, M.T., 1979, SALT DOMES - GULF REGION, 2ND EDITION: HOUSTON, GULF PUB. CO.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: HALBOUTY (1979), P. 140.
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.