Mine detail: Boling Dome

Previously called 'Newgulf Sulfur Operations'

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Location

Lat / long: 29.28216, -95.88355

Resource(N)

Primary: Sulfur
Other material: Alabaster, Anhydrite, Barite, Calcite, Celestite, Gypsum, Halite, Selenite, Sulfur
Discovery year: 1922

Production

Operation type: Well
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1929

Geology

References

MRDSTC34004
MAS484810001
DEP10208257
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ReporterBuckingham, David A.