Potash permissive tract Gulf of Mexico #003haK0010 in Mexico-United States of America

Assessment tract permissive of halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Mexico-United States of America

Geologic information

Country

Mexico-United States of America

Deposit type

halokinetic potash-bearing salt

Evaporite basin

Gulf of Mexico

Basin type

marine rift basin

Geologic unit

Louann Salt [and equivalent units]

Tectonic setting

divergent margin

Age

Mesozoic

Triassic-Jurassic

Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic-Middle Jurassic

Minimum:	Mesozoic-Jurassic-Middle Jurassic
Maximum:	Mesozoic-Triassic-Upper Triassic

Commodities

potassium

Minerals

Potassium minerals:

sylvite

carnallite

brine

Notes:

Extent of known salt diapirs within Jurassic rock outcrop areas in the southeastern United States and eastern Mexico.

Economic information

Known K sites?	Yes
Mining?	No
Exploration?	No
Identified resources?	No
Feature type	salt structures
Quality of information	incomplete
Assessment year	2011
Assessment depth	3km
Assessors	Mark D. Cocker (USGS)
Qualitative assessment	R6: Tract is unlikely to be developed based on the available data in the opinion of the assessors; very little positive information exists.
Tract delineation	The Gulf of Mexico tract consists of areas of Jurassic salt diapirs believed to have the potential for potash were outlined within known areas of Jurassic rock occurrence in the southeastern United States and eastern Mexico as determined using Ege (1985, plate 1) and a geologic map of Mexico (University of Arizona Center for Mineral Resources, 1999).

Reference information

Nearby data	Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, La Salle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Natchitoches, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Red River, Richland, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Saint Mary, Tensas, Terrebonne, Webster, West Baton Rouge, Winn, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Greene, Hinds, Issaquena, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Yazoo, Anderson, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Brooks, Burleson, Chambers, Cherokee, Colorado, Duval, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Henderson, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, La Salle, Leon, Liberty, McMullen, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, Rains, San Jacinto, Smith, Trinity, Upshur, Van Zandt, Walker, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Wood, Mexico
References	Bartolini, C., Buffler, R.T., and Chantu-Chapa, A., eds., 2001, The western Gulf of Mexico basin: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 75, 480 p. Ege, J.R., 1985, Maps showing distribution, thickness, and depth of salt deposits of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-28, 11 p., 4 pls. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1985/0028/.) [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1985/0028] Galloway, W.E., 2008, Depositional evolution of the Gulf of Mexico sedimentary basin, in Miall, A.D., ed., The sedimentary basins of the United States and Canada: Elsevier, Sedimentary Basins of the World, v. 5, p. 505-549. Juarez, M.V., 1972, Exploracion de la sal para la investigacion de las sales de potasio en la Isla de Tancamichapan, municipio de Jaltipan, Ver., Seminario Interno Anual sobre Exploracion Geologico-Minera: Consejo de Recursos Naturales no Renovables Seminario Interno Anual sobre Exploracion Geologico-Minera, p. 129-135. Kupfer, D.H., 1998, Geology and history of the Belle Isle Salt Mine, the southernmost Five Islands salt dome, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana: Louisiana Geological Survey Geological Pamphlet 11, 34 p. Land, L.S., Eustice, R.A., Mack, L.E., and Horita, Juske, 1995, Reactivity of evaporites during burial; An example from the Jurassic of Alabama: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 59, p. 3765-3778. Murray, G.E., 1966, Salt structures of Gulf of Mexico Basin; A review: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 50, p. 439-478. Ratcliff, D.W., Gray, S.H., and Whitmore, N.D., Jr., 1992, Seismic imaging of salt structures in the Gulf of Mexico: The Leading Edge, v. 11, p. 15-31. Stern, R.J.; Anthony, E.Y.; Ren, Minghua; Lock, B.E.; Norton, Ian; Kimura, Jun-Ichi; Miyazaki, Takashi; Hanyu, Takashi; Chang, Qing; and Hirahara, Yuka, 2011, Southern Louisiana salt dome xenoliths; First glimpse of Jurassic (ca. 160 Ma) Gulf of Mexico crust: Geology, v. 39, p. 315-318. University of Arizona, 1999, University of Arizona-Industry-USGS Mexico Consortium: University of Arizona, Center for Mineral Resources, CD-ROM. Viniegra O., Francisco, 1971, Age and evolution of salt basins of southeastern Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 55, p. 478-494.

Nearby data

Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, La Salle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Natchitoches, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Red River, Richland, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Saint Mary, Tensas, Terrebonne, Webster, West Baton Rouge, Winn, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Greene, Hinds, Issaquena, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Yazoo, Anderson, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Brooks, Burleson, Chambers, Cherokee, Colorado, Duval, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Henderson, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, La Salle, Leon, Liberty, McMullen, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, Rains, San Jacinto, Smith, Trinity, Upshur, Van Zandt, Walker, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Wood, Mexico

References

Bartolini, C., Buffler, R.T., and Chantu-Chapa, A., eds., 2001, The western Gulf of Mexico basin: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 75, 480 p.

Ege, J.R., 1985, Maps showing distribution, thickness, and depth of salt deposits of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-28, 11 p., 4 pls. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1985/0028/.)

[http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1985/0028]

Galloway, W.E., 2008, Depositional evolution of the Gulf of Mexico sedimentary basin, in Miall, A.D., ed., The sedimentary basins of the United States and Canada: Elsevier, Sedimentary Basins of the World, v. 5, p. 505-549.

Juarez, M.V., 1972, Exploracion de la sal para la investigacion de las sales de potasio en la Isla de Tancamichapan, municipio de Jaltipan, Ver., Seminario Interno Anual sobre Exploracion Geologico-Minera: Consejo de Recursos Naturales no Renovables Seminario Interno Anual sobre Exploracion Geologico-Minera, p. 129-135.

Kupfer, D.H., 1998, Geology and history of the Belle Isle Salt Mine, the southernmost Five Islands salt dome, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana: Louisiana Geological Survey Geological Pamphlet 11, 34 p.

Land, L.S., Eustice, R.A., Mack, L.E., and Horita, Juske, 1995, Reactivity of evaporites during burial; An example from the Jurassic of Alabama: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 59, p. 3765-3778.

Murray, G.E., 1966, Salt structures of Gulf of Mexico Basin; A review: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 50, p. 439-478.

Ratcliff, D.W., Gray, S.H., and Whitmore, N.D., Jr., 1992, Seismic imaging of salt structures in the Gulf of Mexico: The Leading Edge, v. 11, p. 15-31.

Stern, R.J.; Anthony, E.Y.; Ren, Minghua; Lock, B.E.; Norton, Ian; Kimura, Jun-Ichi; Miyazaki, Takashi; Hanyu, Takashi; Chang, Qing; and Hirahara, Yuka, 2011, Southern Louisiana salt dome xenoliths; First glimpse of Jurassic (ca. 160 Ma) Gulf of Mexico crust: Geology, v. 39, p. 315-318.

University of Arizona, 1999, University of Arizona-Industry-USGS Mexico Consortium: University of Arizona, Center for Mineral Resources, CD-ROM.

Viniegra O., Francisco, 1971, Age and evolution of salt basins of southeastern Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 55, p. 478-494.