Mine detail: Chapeno Salt Dome

Previously called 'Mina De La Pita'

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Location

Lat / long:

25.43538, -97.51196

Resource(N)

Primary:	Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sulfur
Ore:	Gypsum, Limestone, Sulfur
Orebody form:	OTHER
Discovery year:	1918

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Evaporite,Salt
Structure:	Salt Diapir
Tectonic:	Rio Grande Salt Basin

References

MRDS	MX25000
DEP	10050459
Reference	{Deposit:: BELT, B.C., 1925, CHAPENO SALT DOME, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AM. ASSOC. PET. GEOL. BULL., V. 9, NO. 1, P. 134-135}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.)