Mine detail: Main Pass Sulfur Mine

Location:	Plaquemines County, Louisiana, United States, North America
Lat / long:	29.27526, -88.77227
dep_id:	10023382
mrds_id:	I000278
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Sulfur, Petroleum (Oil)
Trace mineral:	Gypsum-Anhydrite, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Anhydrite, Halite, Sulfur
model:	255: Salt-dome sulfur
alteration:	Biogenic Alteration Of Anhydrock To Limestone
Reporter:	Orris, Greta J., Long, K.R.
hrock_unit:	Louann
hrock_type:	Limestone,Evaporite,Salt
Structure:	Piercement Salt Dome
tectonic:	Gulf Salt Basin
Year first produced:	1991
disc_yr:	1988
References:	Deposit:: ACKERMAN, J.M., 1992, MAIN PASS - FRASCH SULFUR MINE AND OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT, IN WESSEL, G.R., AND WIMBERLY, B.H., EDS., NATIVE SULFUR--DEVELOPMENTS IN GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION: LITTLETON, COLO., SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, P. 73-80. Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, ANNUAL REPORT HIGHLIGHTS: NO. 272, P. 20-21. Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1984, GEOLOGY OF THE NONMETALLICS: NEW YORK, METAL BULLETIN INC., 392 P. Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1989, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 257, P. 21. Deposit:: EDWARDS, A.F., AND OTHERS, 1992, THE GEOLOGY OF MAIN PASS SULPHUR AND OIL DEPOSIT: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS PREPRINT 92-254, 14 P. Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1994, FREEPORT CLOSES CAMINADA AS MAIN PASS REACHES CAPACITY, IN WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 317, P. 19-20. Production:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1994.