Mine detail: Grand Isle Block 18 Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

29.16027, -89.94008

Resource(N)

Primary:	Sulfur
Tertiary:	Limestone, Ultra Pure, Halite
Ore:	Halite
Discovery year:	1949

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1960

Geology

Host rock:	Louann
Host type:	Limestone,Salt
Structure:	Piercement Salt Dome
Tectonic:	Gulf Salt Basin
Alteration processes:	Biogenic Alteration Of Anhydrock To Limestone

References

MRDS	TC34044
DEP	10061186
Reference	{Deposit:: WAGUESPACK, S.J., 1983, SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, V. 3, P. 34-35.}{Deposit:: LEE, C.O., ET AL, 1960, THE GRAND ISLE MINE: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 12, P. 1578-1590.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.