Mine detail: Caillou Island Mine

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Location:	Terrebonne County, Louisiana, United States, North America
Lat / long:	29.09917, -90.4729
dep_id:	10121750
mas_id:	221090015
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Sulfur
Operation type:	Well
Development status:	Past Producer
other_matl:	Anhydrite, Calcite, Gypsum, Halite, Sulfur
Reporter:	Osmonson
Year first produced:	1980
disc_yr:	1928
References:	Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MICROFILM COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, Deposit:: INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS Deposit:: 1980 AND 1981). Deposit:: _____. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, Deposit:: PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1982 THROUGH 1984). Deposit:: FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. 1984 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 7. Deposit:: BARKER, J. M., AND D. E. COCHRAN. SULFUR, IN 1980 ANNUAL Deposit:: REVIEW (CONTAINS TWO PARAGRAPHS CONCERNING THE CAILLOU Deposit:: ISLAND MINE). MINING ENGINEERING, MAY 1981, PP. 589-590. Deposit:: BATES, R. L. SULFUR, IN GEOLOGY OF THE INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND Deposit:: MINERALS (CHAP. 10--SEDIMENTARY MINERALS AND SULFUR). Deposit:: DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC., NEW YORK, 1969, PP. 406-414. Deposit:: FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. 1981 ANNUAL REPORT. PP. 4 AND 19. Deposit:: FREEPORT MINERALS COMPANY. 1976 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 8. Deposit:: _____. 1979 ANNUAL REPORT, FORM 10-K. PP. 3-7. Deposit:: _____. 1980 YEAR-END REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS. P. 2. Deposit:: GITTINGER, L. B., JR. SULFUR, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND Deposit:: ROCKS. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND Deposit:: PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., NEW YORK, 4TH ED., 1975, ED. Deposit:: BY S. J. LEFOND, PP. 1103-1125. Deposit:: HAWKINS, M. E., AND C. J. JIRIK. SALT DOMES IN TEXAS, LOU- Deposit:: ISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND OFFSHORE TIDELANDS: A Deposit:: SURVEY. BUMINES IC 8313, 1966, 78 PP. Deposit:: HAYNES, W. BRIMSTONE, THE STONE THAT BURNS. D. VAN NOS- Deposit:: TRAND CO., INC., PRINCETON, N.J., 1959, 308 PP. Deposit:: HAZLETON, J. E. THE ECONOMICS OF THE SULPHUR INDUSTRY. RE- Deposit:: SOURCES FOR THE FUTURE, INC., WASHINGTON, D.C., 1970, 172 Deposit:: NETZEBAND, F. F., T. R. EARLY, J. P. RYAN, AND W. C. MILLER. Deposit:: SULFUR RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION IN TEXAS, LOUISIANA, MIS- Deposit:: SOURI, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI, AND Deposit:: MARKETS FOR THE SULFUR. BUMINES IC 8222, 1964, 77 PP. Deposit:: SHELTON, J. E. SULFUR. BUMINES MINERAL COMMODITY PROFILE, Deposit:: JULY 1979, 25 PP. Deposit:: SKILLING*MINING REVIEW. FREEPORT COMMENCES PRODUCTION AT Deposit:: CAILLOU ISLAND SULFUR MINE. NOV. 29, 1980, P. 4. Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. E. ORIGIN OF THE CAP ROCK OF LOUISIANA SALT Deposit:: DOMES. LA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 11, AUGUST 1938, 191 PP. Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. BRETON SOUND QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRA- Deposit:: PHIC MAP), LOUISIANA. 1 DEG. X 2 DEG. SERIES, 1973 REV., Deposit:: SCALE 1:250,000. Deposit:: _____. NEW ORLEANS QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC-BATHYMETRIC Deposit:: MAP), LOUISIANA. 1 DEG. X 2 DEG. SERIES, 1979 REV., Deposit:: _____. PORT SULPHUR QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC ORTHOPHOTOMAP), Deposit:: LOUISIANA--PLAQUEMINES PARISH. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1973, Deposit:: SCALE 1:24,000. Deposit:: _____. TIMBALIER ISLAND QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), LOU- Deposit:: ISIANA. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1979 PHOTOREV., SCALE 1:24,