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Big Creek Mine

Past Producer in Fort Bend county in Texas, United States with commodities Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061151
MRDS ID TC34002
Record type Site
Current site name Big Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.75164, 29.47442 (WGS84)
Elevation 30

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fort Bend(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Needville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Angleton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Fort Bend

Comments on the location information

  • MICHAEL YOUNG SURVEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Halite Tertiary
Limestone, Ultra Pure Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Biogenic Alteration Of Anhydrock To Limestone

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 255
USGS model code 35a.7 (35ag)
Deposit model name Salt-dome sulfur

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Louann
    Rock description Louann
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.75164, 29.47442
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 137.16M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1922
Year of first production 1925
Production years 1925-1926

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Sulfur Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • FRASCH PRODUCTION OF SULFUR

Comments on development

  • SULFUR AND DOME DISCOVERED DURING AN OIL TEST 1922. EXPLORED FOR SULFUR 1923-1925.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8313

  • Deposit

    HAYNES, W., 1942, THE STONE THAT BURNS: NEW YORK, VAN NOSTRAND, 344 P.

  • Deposit

    HALBOUTY, M.T., 1979, SALT DOMES, GULF REGION: 2ND ED, HOUSTON, GULF PUB. CO.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    HALBOUTY (1979) P. 140.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO CAPROCK 450 FT, TO SALT 635 FT. SALT VOLUME 1.8 CU MI TO 10,000 FT DEPTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey

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