Saratoga Salt Dome, Saratoga, Hardin County, Texas, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Saratoga Salt Dome | Dome |
| Saratoga | - not defined - |
| Hardin County | County |
| Texas | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° 17' 29'' North , 94° 31' 28'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
42132
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:42132:1
GUID (UUID V4):
a27929f2-0079-4c48-a394-10faaecd30b4
A salt deposit located 1.0 km (0.6 mile) NNE of Saratoga, on private land. Discovered in 1901. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated. Oil production from 1901.
NOTE: The USGS MRDS database file contains data related to bauxite exploration that has no relevance to this location and apparently pertains to a South American locality.
Mineralization is a salt dome deposit (Mineral occurrence model information: Model code: 252; USGS model code: 35a.4 (35ad); Deposit model name: Salt domes: diapiric salt structures), hosted in the Late Jurassic Louann Salt. The ore body is a diapir with a depth-to-top of 457.2 meters. The depth to caprock is 1,500 feet and to the salt it is 1,900 feet. Local rocks include rocks of the Lissie Formation.
Reserve-resource data are found in: Halbouty, Michel T. (1979).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl |
| ⓘ 'Petroleum' |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Halite | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Petroleum' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10111540 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Gulf of Mexico BasinBasin
- Sabine DomainDomain
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