Sour Lake Salt Dome, Sour Lake, Hardin County, Texas, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Sour Lake Salt Dome | Dome |
Sour Lake | Lake |
Hardin County | County |
Texas | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° 9' 30'' North , 94° 25' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Sour Lake | 1,773 (2017) | 2.1km |
Grayburg | 297 (2006) | 4.2km |
Pinewood Estates | 1,678 (2011) | 9.2km |
Nome | 562 (2017) | 13.7km |
Bevil Oaks | 1,245 (2017) | 14.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
42133
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:42133:0
GUID (UUID V4):
1d5b65c8-f37b-4df6-bba2-3b95d81a44a1
A salt deposit located 2.1 km (1.3 miles) NNW of Sour Lake (city), on private land. Discovered in 1901. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated. Oil production ongoing since 1902. Facilities used for underground storage of liquid petroleum gas.
Mineralization is a salt 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 201.17 meters. The depth to caprock is 660 feet and to the salt it is 719 feet. Local rocks include rocks of the Beaumont Formation, areas predominantly clay.
Reserve-Resource data are found in: Halbouty, Michel T. (1979).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
11 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Anhydrite Formula: CaSO4 |
ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 References: |
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Celestine Formula: SrSO4 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl |
ⓘ 'Petroleum' |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 References: |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
ⓘ Sulphur Formula: S8 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Sulphur | 1.CC.05 | S8 |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 3 - Halides | |||
ⓘ | Halite | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Anhydrite | 7.AD.30 | CaSO4 |
ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
ⓘ | Celestine | 7.AD.35 | SrSO4 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Petroleum' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
S | ⓘ Sulphur | S8 |
Cl | Chlorine | |
Cl | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Sr | Strontium | |
Sr | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10064539 |
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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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