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Bethel Salt Dome, Bethel, Anderson County, Texas, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Bethel Salt Dome | Dome |
| Bethel | - not defined - |
| Anderson County | County |
| Texas | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 53' 23'' North , 95° 54' 54'' West
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A salt-gypsum-limestone occurrence located 1.7 miles S of Bethel (15 miles NW of Palestine). Discovered in 1927. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated.
Mineralization is a salt dome formation (Mineral occurrence model information: Model code: 252; USGS model code: 35a.4 (35ad); deposit model name: Salt domes: diapiric salt structures; also classifies as USGS model: gypsum (35A.6) limestone), Louann Salt hosted in Late Jurassic limestone. The ore body is a diapir at a thickness of 6,096 meters, a depth-to-top of 438.91 meters, a width of 3,057.67 meters and a length of 3,701.39 meters. Anhydrite-limestone caprock is 493 feet thick and thins to 62 feet toward the dome's flanks. The depth to caprock is 1,440 feet, and to the salt is 1,600 feet, to the Louann salt. There is 20,000 feet of surface expression of 3.4 square miles. Local rocks include Queen City Sand. Associated oil anbd gas fields include the Bethel and East Bethel.
Local geologic structures include piercement faults.
Reserve-Resource data: Halbouty, Michel T. (1979) ; AAPG Bulletin: 67: 1263.
Reserve resource information: estimated from top of salt to 10,560 feet of depth. Estimated above Ecret James Limestone (Glen Rose Subgroup).
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3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Halite | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anhydrite | 7.AD.30 | CaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10111512 |
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North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Gulf of Mexico BasinBasin
- Sabine DomainDomain
- Sabine TerraneVolcanic Arc
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