Mine detail: Grand Isle Block 16 Mine

Previously called 'Caminada Pass'

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Location: Plaquemines County, Louisiana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 29.19027, -89.94008
dep_id: 10061187
mrds_id: TC34045
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Trace mineral: Halite, Limestone, High Calcium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: 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: 1968
disc_yr: 1955
prod_yrs: 1968-1969, 1988-
References:
  • Deposit:: WAGUESPACK, S.J., 1983, SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, V. 3, P. 32-33
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: WAGUESPACK, S.J., 1983, P. 32-33.
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