Mine detail: Cote Blanche Island Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 29.75358, -91.70235

Resource(N)

Primary: Halite
Ore: Halite
Discovery year: 1921

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1961

Geology

Host rock:Louann
Host type:Salt
Structure:Piercement Salt Dome
Tectonic:Gulf Salt Basin

References

MRDSTC34048
DEP10061190
Reference{Deposit:: WAGUESPACK, S.J., 1983, SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, V. 3, P. 16-17.}{Deposit:: KUPFER, D.H., 1983, METHODS OF ROCK-SALT MINING IN LOUISIANA IN WAGUESPACK (1983) P. 122-142.}{Deposit:: BARTON, D.C., 1936, LATE RECENT HISTORY OF COTE BLANCHE SALT DOME, ST. MARY PARISH, LOUISIANA: AAPG BULL, V. 20, P. 179-185.}{Deposit:: USBM IC 8313}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KUPFER (1983), P. 134.}
ReporterLong, Keith R.