Mine detail: Bethel Salt Dome

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Location: Anderson County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.8899, -95.91526
dep_id: 10111512
mrds_id: TC36771
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Halite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Anhydrite, Calcite, Halite
orebody_fm: DIAPIR
model: 252: Salt domes: diapiric salt structures
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Louann Salt
hrock_type: Limestone,Salt
Structure: Piercement Faults
tectonic: Interior Basin (East Texas Salt Basin)
disc_yr: 1927
References:
  • Deposit:: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY RI 140, P. 25-29.
  • 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.
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