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Sugarland Salt Dome

Occurrence in Fort Bend 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 10064540
MRDS ID TC38937
Record type Site
Current site name Sugarland Salt Dome

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.59191, 29.54608 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI S20E OF SUGARLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fort Bend(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Missouri City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Fort Bend

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 1066.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer H.C. Cockburn; Humble Oil And Refining Co.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY TORSION BALENCE SURVEY. ; ECON.COM: OIL PRODUCTION FROM 1928 TO PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GRINSTEAD, F.E., 1962, SUGARLAND FIELD, P. 219-220.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO CAPROCK: 3500 FT.; TO SALT: 4280 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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