Mine detail: Main Pass Sulfur Mine

Previously called 'Main Pass Block 299 Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 29.27526, -88.77227

Resource(N)

Primary: Sulfur, Petroleum (Oil)
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure
Ore: Anhydrite, Halite, Sulfur
Discovery year: 1988

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1991

Geology

Host rock:Louann
Host type:Limestone,Evaporite,Salt
Structure:Piercement Salt Dome
Tectonic:Gulf Salt Basin
Alteration processes:Biogenic Alteration Of Anhydrock To Limestone

References

MRDSI000278
DEP10023382
Reference{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.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Long, K.R.