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Hainesville Salt Dome

Occurrence in Wood 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064529
MRDS ID TC38920
Record type Site
Current site name Hainesville Salt Dome

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -95.37974, 32.79006 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wood(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quitman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mineola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tyler(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Fork(hydrologic unit)

Sabine(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sabine(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Wood

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Ore
Halite Ore

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 Salt
    Rock description Louann Salt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -95.37974, 32.79006
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Doming

Ore body information

  • General form DIAPIR
    Thickness 6096M
    Length 6919.99M
    Width 5149.76M
    Depth to top 335.28M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION FROM HAINSVILLE, HAINSVILLE DOME, AND NEUHOFF FIELDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED FROM TOP OF SALT TO 10560 FT. DEPTH; ESTIMATED ABOVE ECRET JAMES LIMESTONE (GLEN ROSE GROUP).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HALBOUTY, M.T., 1979, SALT DOMES-GULF COAST: HOUSTON, GULF PUBCO.

  • Deposit

    TX RI 140 P. 65-70.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    HALBOUTY(1979) P. 129, TABLE 8-5; AAPG BULL V67 P 1263.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAPROCK 43-105 FT THICK. DEPTH TO CAPROCK: 1100 FT.; TO SALT: 1200 FT.; TO LOUANN SALT: 20000FT. SURFACE EXPRESSION: 8.9 SQ MI.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-93 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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