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Cedar Point Salt Dome

Occurrence in Galveston county in Texas, United States with commodity Halite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064522
MRDS ID TC38911
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Point Salt Dome

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.93355, 29.65025 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILE S80W OF SEA CREST PARK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chambers(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgans Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anahuac(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Galveston
United States Texas Chambers

Comments on the location information

  • IN 6 FT OF WATER ABOUT 1 MILE OFFSHORE IN GALVESTON BAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite 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 Salt
    Rock description Louann Salt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIAPIR
    Depth to top 3116.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Land status

Ownership category State Offshore

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY TORSION BALENCE AND REFLECTION SEISMOGRAPH SURVEY. ; ECON.COM: OIL, CONDENSATE, AND GAS PRODUCTION FROM 1938 TO PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PACE, P.R., CEDAR POINT FIELD, IN TYPICAL OIL AND GAS FIELDS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: HOUSTON, HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, VOL. 2, P. 75-77.

  • Deposit

    AAPG, VOL. 22, N. 11, P. 160.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO CAPROCK IS 10,226 FT, TO SALT 10,231 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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