Mine detail: Anse La Butte Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

30.72522, -91.90847

Resource(N)

Primary:	Halite
Ore:	Halite
Discovery year:	1901

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1902

Geology

Host rock:	Louann
Host type:	Salt
Structure:	Piercement Salt Dome
Tectonic:	Gulf Salt Basin

References

MRDS	TC34036
DEP	10061179
Reference	{Deposit:: BATES, F.W., AND WHARTON, J.B., JR., 1943, ANSE LA BUTTE SOME, ST. MARTIN PARISH, LOUISIANA: AAPG BULL V. 27, P. 1123-1156.}{Deposit:: USBM IC 8313.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.