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Moss Bluff Mine

Past Producer in Liberty 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061167
MRDS ID TC34019
Record type Site
Current site name Moss Bluff Mine
Related records 10135545

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.69439, 29.8958 (WGS84)
Elevation 12

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Liberty(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shiloh(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anahuac(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Lower Trinity(hydrologic accounting unit)

Trinity(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Liberty
United States Texas Chambers

Comments on the location information

  • J. MC FADDEN SURVEY, A-76

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) -94.69439, 29.8958
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Piercement Salt Dome

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 274.32M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Year of first production 1948
Year of last production 1982

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Texas Gulf Sulfur Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ERRATIC 1974-1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INITIAL ULTIMATE RECOVERY.

Comments on the workings information

  • FRASCH PRODUCTION OF SULFUR

Comments on development

  • DOME DISCOVERED 1926, SULFUR IN 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8313

  • Deposit

    PRATT, W.E., 1926, TWO NEW SALT DOMES IN TEXAS: AAPG BULLETIN V. 10, P. 1171-1172.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW (11/3/90), P. 4-5.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO CAPROCK 591 FT, SULFUR 900 FT, SALT 1077 FT. SALT VOLUME 11.2 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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