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Grand Saline Mine

Producer in Van Zandt county in Texas, United States with commodities Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10061159
MRDS ID TC34010
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Saline Mine
Alternate or previous names Kleer
Related records 10256677

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.70497, 32.6571 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position JUST S OF GRAND SALINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Van Zandt(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand Saline(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mineola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tyler(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Sabine(hydrologic unit)

Sabine(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sabine(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Van Zandt

Comments on the location information

  • SAMUEL BELL, A-46 SURVEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Ore
Gypsum Ore
Halite Ore

Analytical data

Result MINED SALT IS 98.6% HALITE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 252
USGS model code 35a.4 (35ad)
Deposit model name Salt domes: diapiric salt structures

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.70497, 32.6571
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Piercement Salt Dome

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6096M
    Length 2574.88M
    Width 2413.95M
    Depth to top 64.92M
    Depth to bottom 6096M

Comments on the geologic information

  • YOUNGEST STRATA AFFECTED BY SALT INTRUSION. WOODBINE GP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Discoverer Grand Saline Salt Co.
Year of first production 1931

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Morton Salt Division (Morton Intl.)

Comments on the workings information

  • SOLUTION MINING OF SALT. ROOM AND PILLAR MINING OF SALT (KLEER MINE).

Comments on development

  • SALT INTERSECTED IN BRINE WELL 1888. BRINES RECOGNIZED AS EARLY AS 1845. ; MILL.CAP: 1000 TPD SALT

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO CAPROCK 171 FT, TO SALT 213 FT, SALT VOLUME 7.6 CU MI TO 10,560 FT DEPTH. DEPTH TO TOP OF LOUANN SALT ABOUT 20,000 FT. SALT DOME COVERS AN AREA OF 2.1 CU MI. CAPROCK IS 5-61 FT THICK.

Reporter information

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

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