Mine detail: Belle Isle Deposit

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Location

Lat / long: 29.52692, -91.39956

Resource(N)

Primary: Halite
Tertiary: Limestone, Ultra Pure, Sulfur
Ore: Halite
Discovery year: 1896

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1961- (SALT)
First production started: 1961

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

MRDSTC34042
DEP10061185
Reference{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.}
ReporterLong, Keith R.