Mine detail: Hackberry West Mine

Previously called 'West Hackberry'

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Location: Cameron County, Louisiana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 30.00941, -93.42768
dep_id: 10061175
mrds_id: TC34031
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Halite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Halite
model: 252: Salt domes: diapiric salt structures
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Louann
hrock_type: Salt
Structure: Piercement Salt Dome
tectonic: Gulf Salt Basin
disc_yr: 1902
discr: Yount Lee Oil Co.
References:
  • Deposit:: WAGUESPACK, S.J., 1983, SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, V. 3, P. 36-37.
  • Deposit:: USBM IC 8313
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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