Mine detail: Hockley Dome Mine

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Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 29.95024, -95.83969
dep_id: 10107055
mrds_id: TC34030
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Trace mineral: Limestone, Ultra Pure, Sulfur, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Anhydrite, Gypsum, Halite
gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Strontianite
work_type: Underground
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: 1932
disc_yr: 1906
discr: Patillo Higgins
References:
  • Deposit:: CHAPMAN, L.C., 1923, THE HOCKLEY SALT DOME: AAPG BULL., V. 7, P. 297-299.
  • Deposit:: DEUSSEN, A., AND LANE, L.L., 1926, HOCKLEY SALT DOME: AAPG BULL, V. 9, P. 1031-1066.
  • Deposit:: STENZEL, H.B., 1946, GYPSUM MINING NEAR HOCKLEY, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS: TX BEG MRC-35, 21 P.
  • Deposit:: TEAS, L.P., 1931, HOCKLEY SALT SHAFT: AAPG BULL, V. 15, P. 465-469.
  • Deposit:: USBM IC 8313
  • Deposit:: KYLE, J.R., AND AGEE, W.N., JR., 1988, EVALUATION OF METAL RATIOS AND S34S COMPOSITION OF SULFIDE MINERALIZATION DURING ANHYDRITE CAPROCK FORMATION, HOCKLEY DOME, TEXAS, USA: CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, V. 74, P. 37-55.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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