Mine detail: Belle Isle Deposit

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: St. Mary County, Louisiana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 29.52692, -91.39956
dep_id: 10061185
mrds_id: TC34042
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Halite
Trace mineral: Limestone, Ultra Pure, Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Halite
work_type: Underground
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: 1961
disc_yr: 1896
prod_yrs: 1961- (SALT)
discr: Gulf Salt Co. (Salt)
References:
  • Deposit:: KUPFER, D.H., 1983, METHODS OF ROCK-SALT MINING IN LOUISIANA, IN SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOL. SOC. V. 3, P. 122-142.
  • Deposit:: BARTON, D.C., 1935, BELLE ISLE SALT DOME, ST. MARY PARISH, LOUISIANA: AAPG BULL V. 19, P. 644-650.
  • Deposit:: USBM IC 8313
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: KUPFER (1983) P. 134.
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.