Mine detail: Hockley Dome Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

29.95024, -95.83969

Resource(B)

Primary:	Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Tertiary:	Limestone, Ultra Pure, Sulfur, Copper
Ore:	Anhydrite, Gypsum, Halite
Gangue:	Barite, Pyrite, Strontianite
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1932

Geology

Host rock:	Louann
Host type:	Limestone,Salt
Structure:	Piercement Salt Dome
Tectonic:	Houston Salt Basin
Alteration processes:	Biogenic Alteration Of Anhydrock To Limestone

References

MRDS	TC34030
DEP	10107055
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.