Mine detail: Batson Salt Dome

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Location: Hardin County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 30.2669, -94.60022
dep_id: 10064521
mrds_id: TC38909
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Halite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Halite
orebody_fm: DIAPIR
model: 252: Salt domes: diapiric salt structures
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Louann Salt
hrock_type: Salt
disc_yr: 1903
discr: Paraffin Oil Co.
References:
  • Deposit:: HALBOUTY, M.T., 1979, SALT DOMES-GULF COAST: HOUSTON, GULF PUBCO.
  • Deposit:: SMITH, F.L. JR., AND GOODWYN, J.T. JR., 1962, BATSON FIELD, IN TYPICAL OIL AND GAS FIELDS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: HOUSTON, HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, VOL. 1, P. 8-13.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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