Mine detail: Avery Island

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Location: Iberia County, Louisiana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 29.89774, -91.90708
dep_id: 10061183
mrds_id: TC34040
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Halite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Halite
work_type: Surface/Underground
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
Year first produced: 1862
disc_yr: 1862
prod_yrs: 1862-1863, 1878-1879, 1880-
References:
  • Deposit:: KUPFER, D.H., 1983, METHODS OF ROCK-SALT MINING IN LOUISIANA, IN SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, V. 3, P. 122-142.
  • Deposit:: BATES, F.W., ET AL., 1959, GEOLOGY OF AVERY ISLAND SALT DOME: AAPG BULL V. 43, P. 947-957.
  • Deposit:: USBM IC 8313
  • Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S. 1882/1883.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: KUPFER (1983), P. 134, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S. 1882/1883.
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