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Kittrell Salt Dome

Occurrence in Houston 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. 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 10064530
MRDS ID TC38922
Record type Site
Current site name Kittrell Salt Dome
Alternate or previous names Trinity

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.47524, 31.0252 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MI S15W OF LOVELADY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Walker(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lovelady South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crockett(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Palestine(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Trinity-Kickapoo(hydrologic unit)

Lower Trinity(hydrologic accounting unit)

Trinity(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Houston
United States Texas Walker

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

(1) -95.47524, 31.0252
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIAPIR
    Depth to top 910.74M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1933

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED FROM TOP OF SALT TO 10560 FT DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: OIL, CONDENSATE, AND GAS PRODUCTION FROM 1934.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    HALBOUTY (1979) P. 129, TABLE 8-5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO CAPROCK 2988 FT, TO SALT 3855 FT. SURFACE EXPRESSION 1.56 SQ MI.

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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