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Hankamer Salt Dome, Cottonwood, Liberty County, Texas, USAi
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Hankamer Salt DomeDome
Cottonwood- not defined -
Liberty CountyCounty
TexasState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
29° 54' North , 94° 35' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Devers457 (2017)14.2km
Anahuac2,324 (2017)17.1km
Winnie3,254 (2011)21.2km
Nome562 (2017)21.5km
Cove509 (2017)22.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
274137
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:274137:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A salt deposit located 6.7 km (4.2 miles) WSW of Cottonwood and 3.5 miles N30E of Hankamer (Chambers County), on private land. Discovered in 1928 by the Gulf Production Company. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated. Oil, condensate and gas production from 1929 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 2,296.67 meters. The depth to caprock is 7,535 feet, and to the salt 7,582 feet. Local rocks include rocks of the 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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'Petroleum'-

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NaSodium
Na HaliteNaCl
ClChlorine
Cl HaliteNaCl

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