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Sulphur Mines Salt Dome

Producer in Calcasieu county in Louisiana, United States with commodities Salt, Sulfur
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121583
MAS/MILS ID 0220190005
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphur Mines Salt Dome

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -93.41378, 30.25413 (WGS84)
Elevation 5

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calcasieu(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brimstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Charles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Charles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Calcasieu(hydrologic unit)

Calcasieu-Mermentau(hydrologic accounting unit)

Louisiana Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Calcasieu

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Louisiana 009 S 010 W 29 SWNENW Louisiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary
Sulfur Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -93.41378, 30.25413
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Union Texas Petroleum
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ppg Industries Inc.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LPG IN BRINE WELL CAVITIES

  • Deposit

    SULFUR PRODUCTIVE 1966-1969

  • Deposit

    JIRIK CHARLES J & WEAVER LOUIS K 1975 A SURVEY OF SALT

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS AND SALT CAVERNS- THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE STRATEGI

  • Deposit

    PETROLEUM RESERVE FEA/S-76/310

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Louisiana Geological Survey Louisiana Geological Survey

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