Location: | Plaquemines County, Louisiana, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 29.38359, -89.80841 |
dep_id: | 10061180 |
mrds_id: | TC34037 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Sulfur |
Trace mineral: | Limestone, Ultra Pure, Halite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Halite |
model: | 255: Salt-dome sulfur |
alteration: | Biogenic Alteration Of Anhydrock To Limestone |
Reporter: | Long, Keith R. |
hrock_unit: | Louann |
hrock_type: | Limestone,Salt |
Structure: | Piercement Salt Dome |
tectonic: | Gulf Salt Basin |
Year first produced: | 1933 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1978 |
disc_yr: | 1929 |
discr: | Humble Oil Co. |
References: |
- Deposit:: USBM, IC 8313
- Deposit:: SALT DOMES OF LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOL. SOC., VOL. 2.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
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