Mine detail: Gyp Hill Quarry

Previously called 'Loma Blanca'

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Location: Brooks County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 27.19199, -98.10864
dep_id: 10105162
mrds_id: TC34011
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Trace mineral: Halite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anhydrite, Halite, Selenite
gangue: Dolomite
model: 252: Salt domes: diapiric salt structures
Reporter: Long, K.R.
hrock_unit: Louann
hrock_type: Evaporite,Salt
Structure: Piercement Salt Dome
tectonic: Rio Grande Salt Basin
yr_lst_prd: 1942
disc_yr: 1911
discr: Producers Oil Co.
References:
  • Deposit:: TYPICAL OIL AND GAS FIELDS OF SOUTH TEXAS: CORPUS CHRISTI GEOLOGICAL SOC. V. 1 (1967) P. 64-68.
  • Deposit:: KREITLER, O.W., AND DUTTON, S.P., 1983, ORIGIN AND DIAGENESIS OF CAPROCK, GYP HILL AND OAKWOOD SALT DOMES, TEXAS: TX BEG RI 131, 58 P.
  • Deposit:: USBM IC8313
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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