Mine detail: Pine Prairie Dome Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

30.75855, -92.42932

Resource(N)

Primary:	Limestone, Ultra Pure
Tertiary:	Sulfur, Halite
Ore:	Halite
Discovery year:	1905

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	TC34032
DEP	10061176
Reference	{Deposit:: BARTON, D.C., 1925, PINE PRAIRIE SALT DOME: AAPG BULL V. 9, P. 738-755.}{Deposit:: USBM IC 8313}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.