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Batson Salt Dome, Batson, Hardin County, Texas, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° 16' North , 94° 36' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
30.26690,-94.60022
GeoHash:
G#: 9vkspmfjr
GRN:
N21W58
Type:
Dome
Köppen climate type:
Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Hull669 (2011)14.0km
Daisetta991 (2017)17.6km
Hardin866 (2017)18.4km
Sour Lake1,773 (2017)23.0km
Grayburg297 (2006)24.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
273746
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:273746:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A salt deposit located 2.1 km (1.3 miles) NNE of Batson. Discovered in 1903 by the Paraffin Oil Company. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated. Surface gas seeps and paraffin dirt noticed as early as 1900. Oil, condensate and gas production from 1903 to present.

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 329.18 meters. The depth to caprock is 108 feet and to the salt it is 2,050 feet. Local rocks include Beaumont Formation, areas predominantly clay.

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 3 - Halides
ⓘHalite3.AA.20NaCl

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NaSodium
Naⓘ HaliteNaCl
ClChlorine
Clⓘ HaliteNaCl

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Link to USGS MRDS:10064521

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References

Smith, F.L. Jr., and Goodwyn, J.T. Jr. (1962), Batson Field, in Typical Oil and Gas Fields of Southeast Texas, Houston, Houston Geological Society: 1: 8-13.
Halbouty, Michel T. (1967) Salt Domes - Gulf Region, United States and Mexico. Gulf Publishing Company.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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