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Boling Dome

Past Producer in Wharton county in Texas, United States with commodity Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208257
MRDS ID TC34004
MAS/MILS ID 0484810001
Record type Site
Current site name Boling Dome
Alternate or previous names Newgulf Sulfur Operations
Related records 10061153

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -95.88355, 29.28216 (WGS84)
Elevation 21
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fort Bend(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boling(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Angleton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Bernard(hydrologic unit)

San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Wharton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabaster Unknown
Anhydrite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Celestite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Halite Unknown
Selenite Unknown
Sulfur Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -95.88355, 29.28216
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30M
    Length 4800M
    Width 8000M
    Area 1119HA
    Depth to top 275M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 122
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1119
    Date of Last Modification 960624

Comments on the geologic information

  • SULFUR OCCURS IN EVAPORITES AND LIMESTONE ON THE TOP AND FLANKS OF A SALT DOME. THE SULFUR WAS PROBABLY FORMED BY HYDROCARBON REDUCTION OF ANHYDRITE ASSISTED BY BACTERIAL ACTIONS. THE MEASUREMENTS GIVEN UNDER AVERAGE DIMENSIONS OF MINERALIZATION ARE FOR AN ELLIPSE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Well
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1922
Mining method Auger Mining - Frasch Process
Year of first production 1929

Mining district

District name Gulf Coast

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Potash Corp. Of Saskatchewan
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Texasgulf Inc. (Sub Of Elf Aquitaine, Inc.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Connecticut
    Year 1982
    Last year 1995

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Description 1393000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1393000mt
  • Year 1968
    Period 1929-Jan 1,1968
    Description Cumulative Sulphur Prod. 1929-Jan 1,1968 64201000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 6420100mt
  • Year 1969
    Description 1271000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1271000mt
  • Year 1970
    Description 1098000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1098000mt
  • Year 1971
    Description 1098000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1098000mt
  • Year 1972
    Description 1091000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1091000mt
  • Year 1973
    Description 1094000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1094000mt
  • Year 1974
    Description 1033000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1033000mt
  • Year 1975
    Description 1027000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1027000mt
  • Year 1976
    Description 1109000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1109000mt
  • Year 1977
    Description 917000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 917000mt
  • Year 1978
    Description 860000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 860000mt
  • Year 1979
    Description 1062000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1062000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description 1040000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1040000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description 913000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 913000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description 604184 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 604184mt
  • Year 1983
    Description 395633 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 395633mt
  • Year 1984
    Description 414356 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 414356mt
  • Year 1985
    Description 373301 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 373301mt
  • Year 1986
    Description 359805 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 359805mt

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PERNAMENTLY CLOSED IN DEC. 1993. REMOVERD FROM ADIT JAN., 1995.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method FRASCH PROCESS 10-89

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE SULFUR WAS MINED BY THE FRASCH MINING METHOD WHICH USED SUPERHEATED HOT WATER, STEAM AND COMPRESSED AIR FOR MELTING AND RECOVERING SULFUR IN A LIQUID FORM FROM DEEP WELLS. THE PLANT USED 30.28 MILLION LITERS OF WATER PER DAY. CURRENTLY WORKING AS A COGENERATION PLANT. PRODUCING 150,OOO ST (136,000 MT) PER YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCGOWEN, J.H. AND OTHERS, 1976, ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGICAL ATL

  • Deposit

    OF THE TEXAS COASTAL ZONE--BAY CITY-FREEPORT AREA: UNIV.

  • Deposit

    TEXAS, AUSTIN, BUR. ECON. GEOLOGY, 98P, 9 MAPS.

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MICROFILM COMPILATION OF CONFIDENTIAL

  • Production

    INDIVIDUAL COMPANY PRODUCTION STATISTICS.

  • Production

    _____. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY,

  • Production

    PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1982 THROUGH 1986).

  • Ownership

    MINING ENGINEERING, MAY 1995, P407.

  • Deposit

    WOLF, A.G., 1933, THE BOLING DOME, TEXAS IN OKLAHOMA AND

  • Deposit

    TEXAS, GUIDEBOOK 6: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGIC CONGRESS, 16TH

  • Deposit

    SESSION, UNITED STATES, PP. 86-91.

  • 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

    ESPENSHADE, G.H. AND BROEDEL, C.H., 1952, ANNOTATED BIBLIO-

  • Deposit

    GRAPHY AND INDEX MAP OF SULPHUR AND PYRITE DEPOSITS IN THE

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES AND ALASKA: U.S. GEOL SURVEY INF. CIR. 157,

  • Deposit

    48PP.

  • Deposit

    NETZEBAND, F.F., EARLY, T.R., RYAN, J.P. AND MILLER, 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 INF. CIRC. 8222,

  • Deposit

    77PP.

  • 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, 78PP.

  • Deposit

    HAYNES, W. BRIMSTONE, THE STONE THAT BURNS. D VAN NOSTRAND

  • Deposit

    CO., NEW YORK, N.Y., 1959, 308 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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