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Blue Ridge Mine

Producer in Fort Bend county in Texas, United States with commodities Halite, Bromine
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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 10061152
MRDS ID TC34003
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Ridge Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Ridge Salt Dome

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.49663, 29.57275 (WGS84)
Elevation 26
Relative position 4.5 MILES S50E OF STAFFORD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fort Bend(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Almeda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Galveston Bay(hydrologic unit)

Galveston Bay-Sabine Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Galveston Bay-San Jacinto(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Fort Bend

Comments on the location information

  • J. POITEVENT SURVEY BLOCK 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary
Bromine Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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
    Rock description Louann
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.49663, 29.57275
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Piercement Salt Some

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 70.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer Rio Bravo Oil Company

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner United Salt Corp

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) TO 10,500 FT DEPTH.

Comments on the workings information

  • SOLUTION MINING OF SALT

Comments on development

  • EXPL.COM: DOME DISCOVERED 1903 BY SURFACE GEOLOGY AND GAS SEEPS ; MILL.CAP: 80,000 TPY SALT ; ECON.COM: ALSO USED FOR LPG STORAGE. OIL, CONDENSATE, AND GAS PRODUCTION FROM 1919 TO PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO CAPROCK 143 FT, TO SALT 230 FT. SALT VOLUME 1.3 CU MI TO 10,560 FT DEPTH.
Deposit DUPLICATE TC38910 HAS BEEN MERGED INTO THIS RECORD AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1994 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey

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