Mine detail: Moss Bluff Sulfur Mine

Previously called 'Dome Liberty Sulfur Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 29.89604, -94.69052

Resource(N)

Primary: Sulfur
Other material: Gypsum, Sulfur
Discovery year: 1926

Production

Operation type: Well
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1948

Geology

References

MRDSTC34019
MAS482910001
DEP10135545
Reference{Deposit:: FISHER, W.L. AND OTHERS, 1972, ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGIC ATLAS}{Deposit:: OF THE TEXAS COASTAL ZONE--GALVESTON-HOUSTON AREA: UNIV.}{Deposit:: TEXAS, AUSTIN, BUR. ECON. GEOLOGY, 91P, 9 MAPS.}{Deposit:: MODERN SULPHUR MINING, TEXAS GULF SULPHUR CO., 1952, NEW}{Deposit:: YORK, N.Y., 24PP.}{Deposit:: ELLISON, JR, SULPHUR IN TEXAS, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,}{Deposit:: HANDBOOK NO. 2, JANUARY 1971, 48PP.}{Deposit:: NETZEBAND, F.F., EARLY, T.R., RYAN, J.P. AND HILLER, W.C.}{Deposit:: 1964, SULPHUR RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION IN TEXAS, LOUISIANA}{Deposit:: MISSOURI, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND}{Deposit:: MARKETS FOR THE SULPHUR: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES I. C. 8222, 77P.}{Deposit:: HAWKINS, M. E. AND C.J. JIRIK. SALT DOMES IN TEXAS, LOUIS-}{Deposit:: IANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND OFFSHORE TIDELANDS: A}{Deposit:: SURVEY. U.S. BUMINES I.C. 8313, 78 PP.}{Deposit:: HAYNES, W. BRIMESTONE, THE STONE THAT BURNS. D. VAN}{Deposit:: NOSTRAND CO., NEW YORK, N.Y., 1959, 308 PP.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MICROFILM COMPILATION OF CONFIDENTIAL}{Deposit:: INDIVIDUAL COMPANY PRODUCTION STATISTICS.}{Ownership:: MINING ENGINEERING, MAY 1995, P4307.}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.