Mine detail: Bayou Choctaw Mine

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Location: Bienville County, Louisiana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 30.25106, -91.33929
dep_id: 10061184
mrds_id: TC34041
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Halite
Trace mineral: Limestone, Ultra Pure
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: Limestone,Salt
Structure: Piercement Salt Dome
tectonic: Gulf Salt Basin
disc_yr: 1926
discr: Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.
References:
  • Deposit:: WAGUESPACK, S.J., 1983, SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, V. 3, P. 7-7A.
  • Deposit:: USBM IC 8313
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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