Madisonville Salt Dome, North Zulch, Madison Co., Texas, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Madisonville Salt Dome | Dome |
North Zulch | - not defined - |
Madison Co. | County |
Texas | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° 52' North , 96° 3' West
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Iola | 413 (2017) | 10.8km |
Bedias | 455 (2017) | 13.9km |
Madisonville | 4,637 (2017) | 16.1km |
Normangee | 693 (2017) | 19.1km |
Kurten | 403 (2017) | 22.3km |
Mindat Locality ID:
273745
Long-form identifier:
1:2:273745:7
GUID (UUID V4):
8bdde601-6daf-49ae-beb1-bba563d9c2a4
A salt deposit located 7.9 km (4.9 miles) SE of North Zulch and about 4 miles S45W of Cottonwood, on private land. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated.
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. Local rocks include rocks of the Yegua Formation.
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1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl Reference: USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10064532. |
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References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Fisher, W.L. (1965), Rock and Mineral Resources of East Texas, University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigation RI 54: 312.
Halbouty, Michel T. (1979), Salt Domes - Gulf Coast, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas.
USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10064532.
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10064532 |
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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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