McFaddin Beach Salt Dome, Hamshire, Jefferson Co., Texas, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| McFaddin Beach Salt Dome | Dome |
| Hamshire | - not defined - |
| Jefferson Co. | County |
| Texas | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
29° 37' North , 94° 15' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Stowell | 1,756 (2011) | 23.1km |
| Winnie | 3,254 (2011) | 26.0km |
| Taylor Landing | 233 (2017) | 29.6km |
| Fannett | 2,252 (2011) | 34.4km |
| Bolivar Peninsula | 2,417 (2011) | 35.4km |
A salt deposit located 27.9 km (17.3 miles) SSE of Hamshire, on federal reservation land (McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge), along the Texas Gulf Coast, on private land (?). Discovered in 1938. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated. Oil production also.
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 413 meters. The depth to caprock is 1,355 feet and to the salt it is 2,605 feet. Local rocks include alluvium.
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl Reference: U.S. Geological Survey,2005,Mineral Resources Data System :U.S. Geological Survey,Reston, Virginia |
| ⓘ 'Petroleum' Reference: USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10064533. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Halite | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| ⓘ | 'Petroleum' | - | |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 9 - NORMAL HALIDES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AX | |||
| ⓘ | Halite | 9.1.1.1 | NaCl |
| Unclassified Minerals, Mixtures, etc. | |||
| ⓘ | 'Petroleum' | - | |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)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 #10064533.
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| USGS MRDS Record: | 10064533 |
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