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Bully Camp Dome Mine

Past Producer in Lafourche county in Louisiana, United States with commodities Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105164
MRDS ID TC34043
Record type Site
Current site name Bully Camp Dome Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.37259, 29.43109 (WGS84)
Elevation 2
Relative position NW OF GALLIANO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lafourche(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golden Meadow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Terrebonne Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New Orleans(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Central Louisiana Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Central Louisiana Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Lafourche

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Louisiana 18S 21E Louisiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Halite Tertiary
Limestone, Ultra Pure Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Biogenic Alteration Of Anhydrock To Limestone

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 255
USGS model code 35a.7 (35ag)
Deposit model name Salt-dome sulfur

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Louann
    Rock description Louann
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.37259, 29.43109
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Piercement Salt Dome

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 382.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1968
Year of last production 1978

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Texas Gulf

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS ERRATIC 1974-1978.

Comments on the workings information

  • FRASCH PRODUCTION OF SULFUR

Comments on development

  • DOME DISCOVERED BEFORE 1942 BY SEISMIC REFRACTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEW ORLEANS CEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA, V. 1.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8313

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOP CAPROCK 1256 FT, TOP SALT 1296 FT. SALT DOME CONTAINS 2.7 CU MI SALT TO 10,000 FT DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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