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Gulf Hill Mine (Big Hill; Old Gulf), Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USAi
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Gulf Hill Mine (Big Hill; Old Gulf)Mine
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
28° 43' 58'' North , 95° 53' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Matagorda503 (2011)8.9km
Bay City17,598 (2017)28.8km
Markham1,082 (2011)30.5km
Van Vleck1,844 (2011)31.6km
Palacios4,634 (2017)32.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
42397
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:42397:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A salt deposit located 8.9 km (5.6 miles) ENE of Matagorda along the Intercoastal Waterway Canal, on private land. Discovered in 1902 by W. Cash and W.T. Goode. Operated by the Texas Gulf Sulfur Company. First production was in 1919 and the last was 1970. Production periods included 1919 to 1932, 1936, 1965 to 1970. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated. Dome, H2S, and sulfur were discovered during an oil test in 1902.

Mineralization is a salt dome deposit (Mineral occurrence model information: Model code: 255; USGS model code: 35a.7 (35ag); Deposit model name: Salt-dome sulfur), hosted in the Middle Jurassic Louann Limestone and the Late Jurassic Louann Salt. The ore body is 18.29 (??) meters thick with a depth-to-bottom of 365.76 meters and a depth-to-top of 274.32 meters. The depth to caprock is 825 feet, to the S it is 900 feet, and to the salt it is 1,100 feet. The volume of salt was calculated at 0.7 cubic mile to 10,000 feet of depth. The ore body is 300 acres in aerial extent. Local alteration included biogenic alteration of anhydrock to limestone. Local rocks include rocks of the Beaumont Formation, areas predominantly sand.

Local geologic structures include a piercement salt dome.

Workings included the wells and surface infrastructure necessary for the Frasch production of sulfur. The mill had a capacity of 1,500 tons per day of S.

Production data are found in: Halbouty, Michel T. (1979).

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13 valid minerals.

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Alabandite
Formula: MnS
Anhydrite
Formula: CaSO4
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Galena
Formula: PbS
Halite
Formula: NaCl
Hauerite
Formula: MnS2
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Native Sulphur
Formula: S8
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Strontianite
Formula: SrCO3

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Alabandite2.CD.10MnS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Hauerite2.EB.05aMnS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Halite3.AA.20NaCl
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Strontianite5.AB.15SrCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4

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