Description
Rio Bravo Oil Company
Commodities
PrimaryHalite, Bromine
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model252: Salt domes: diapiric salt structures
Deposit sizeY
Geology
Host rockSalt · Louann
StructurePiercement Salt Some
Tectonic settingHouston Salt Basin
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10061152
MRDS IDTC34003
Alternate namesBlue Ridge Salt Dome
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.57275, -95.49663
References
HAGER, D.S., AND STILES, S., 1925, THE BLUE RIDGE SALT DOME: AAPG BULL., V. 9, P. 304-316.USBM IC 8313HALBOUTY, M.T., 1979, SALT DOMES-GULF COAST: HOUSTON, GULF PUBCO.KIATTA, H.W., 1987, BLUE RIDGE, IN TYPICAL OIL; AND GASFIELDS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: HOUSTON, HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, VOL. 2, P. 56-59.CIMRI