Texas · Wharton County
Past Producer

Boling Dome

Wharton County, Texas, United States
Sulfur
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Commodities
PrimarySulfur
Commodity typeN
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsAlabaster, Anhydrite, Barite, Calcite, Celestite, Gypsum, Halite, Selenite, Sulfur
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1929
Discovery year1922
Identification
Deposit ID10208257
MRDS IDTC34004
Alternate namesNewgulf Sulfur Operations
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.28216, -95.88355
References
MCGOWEN, J.H. AND OTHERS, 1976, ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGICAL ATLOF THE TEXAS COASTAL ZONE--BAY CITY-FREEPORT AREA: UNIV.TEXAS, AUSTIN, BUR. ECON. GEOLOGY, 98P, 9 MAPS.WOLF, A.G., 1933, THE BOLING DOME, TEXAS IN OKLAHOMA ANDTEXAS, GUIDEBOOK 6: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGIC CONGRESS, 16THSESSION, UNITED STATES, PP. 86-91.MODERN SULPHUR MINING, TEXAS GULF SULPHUR CO., 1952, NEWYORK, N.Y., 24PP.ELLISON, JR, SULPHUR IN TEXAS, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGYHANDBOOK NO. 2, JANUARY 1971, 48PP.ESPENSHADE, G.H. AND BROEDEL, C.H., 1952, ANNOTATED BIBLIO-GRAPHY AND INDEX MAP OF SULPHUR AND PYRITE DEPOSITS IN THEUNITED STATES AND ALASKA: U.S. GEOL SURVEY INF. CIR. 157,NETZEBAND, F.F., EARLY, T.R., RYAN, J.P. AND MILLER, W.C.,1964, SULPHUR RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION IN TEXAS, LOUISIANAMISSOURI, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI, ANDMARKETS FOR THE SULPHUR: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8222,77PP.HAWKINS, M.E. AND C.J. JIRIK. SALT DOMES IN TEXAS, LOUIS-IANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND OFFSHORE TIDELANDS: ASURVEY. U.S. BUMINES I.C. 8313, 78PP.HAYNES, W. BRIMSTONE, THE STONE THAT BURNS. D VAN NOSTRANDCO., NEW YORK, N.Y., 1959, 308 PP.MINING ENGINEERING, MAY 1995, P407.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MICROFILM COMPILATION OF CONFIDENTIALINDIVIDUAL COMPANY PRODUCTION STATISTICS._____. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY,PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1982 THROUGH 1986).