Concord Salt Dome, Elmtown, Anderson Co., Texas, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
---|---|
Concord Salt Dome | Dome |
Elmtown | - not defined - |
Anderson Co. | County |
Texas | State |
USA | Country |
This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page.
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 54' North , 95° 37' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Palestine | 18,288 (2017) | 15.4km |
Poynor | 305 (2011) | 19.4km |
Frankston | 1,174 (2017) | 19.9km |
Cuney | 141 (2017) | 23.8km |
Berryville | 1,014 (2017) | 25.0km |
A salt occurrence located 1.2 km (0.7 miles) ENE of Elmtown, at the junction of Road 444 and County Road 441N (3.2 miles W of Elmwood and 9 milesW of Palestine), on private land. Discovered in 1942. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is . Latitude and longitude are for the Concord Oil field.
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 1,829.41 meters. Depth to salt: 6,002 feet. Surface expression is 1.56 square miles. No caprock is present. Local rocks include the Queen City Sand.
Reserve-Resource data are found in: Halbouty, Michel T. (1979).
Reserve resource information was estimated from the top of the salt to 10,500 feet of depth. Oil production has been realized since 1942.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
1 valid mineral.
Rock Types Recorded
Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!
Select Rock List Type
Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl Reference: USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10111535. |
ⓘ 'Petroleum' Reference: USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10111535. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 3 - Halides | |||
---|---|---|---|
ⓘ | Halite | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Petroleum' | - |
References
Sort by
Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Halbouty, Michel T. (1979), Salt Domes - Gulf Coast, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas: 129, Table 8-5.
USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10111535.
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10111535 |
---|
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Gulf of Mexico BasinBasin
- Sabine DomainDomain
This page contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. This locality information is for reference purposes only. You should never attempt to
visit any sites listed in mindat.org without first ensuring that you have the permission of the land and/or mineral rights holders
for access and that you are aware of all safety precautions necessary.