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Caillou Island Mine

Past Producer in Terrebonne county in Louisiana, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121750
MAS/MILS ID 0221090015
Record type Site
Current site name Caillou Island Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -90.4729, 29.09917 (WGS84)
Elevation 1
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Terrebonne(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timbalier Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Terrebonne Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New Orleans(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Terrebonne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Louisiana 023 S 020 E 19 Louisiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Halite Unknown
Sulfur Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -90.4729, 29.09917
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 2000HA
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 DOMELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 835
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 834
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2000
    Date of Last Modification 960624

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Well
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1928
Mining method Auger Mining - Frasch Process
Year of first production 1980

Mining district

District name None

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Freeport-Mcmoran Inc.
    ID 1670002
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Total Sulfur Production 2142 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 2142mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Total Sulfur Production 269087 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 269087mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Total Sulfur Production 220000 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 220000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Total Sulfur Production 249544 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 249544mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Total Sulfur Production 61784 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 61784mt

Reference information

Bibliographic 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

    PP.

  • 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

    SKILLINGS' 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,

  • Deposit

    000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-1996 Osmonson U.S. Bureau of Mines

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