Mine detail: Whitehouse Salt Dome

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Location

Lat / long:

32.22434, -95.28441

Resource(N)

Primary:	Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General
Ore:	Anhydrite, Calcite, Halite
Orebody form:	DIAPIR
Discovery year:	1927

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Louann Salt
Host type:	Limestone,Salt
Structure:	Piercement Faults
Tectonic:	Interior Basin (East Texas Salt Basin)

References

MRDS	TC36782
DEP	10063141
Reference	{Deposit:: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY RI 140, P. 96-99.}{Deposit:: HALBOUTY (1979) SALT DOMES-GULF COAST: HOUSTON, GULF PUBCO.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: HALBOUTY (1979) P. 129, TABLE 8-5; AAPG BULL, V. 67, P. 1263.}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.