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Grand Isle Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10145391
MAS/MILS ID 0220510001
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Isle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -89.89508, 29.18697 (WGS84)
Elevation 18
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand Isle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mississippi River Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Breton Sound(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Jefferson

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) -89.89508, 29.18697
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 98M
    Length 1005M
    Width 1005M
    Area 1600HA
    Depth to top 655M
    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 549
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 640
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 533
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1600
    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 1949
Mining method Auger Mining - Frasch Process
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name None

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category State Offshore

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Freeport-Mcmoran Inc.
    ID 1600197
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Description Total Sulfur Procuction 100857 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 100857mt
  • Year 1961
    Description Total Sulfur Production 407419 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 407419mt
  • Year 1962
    Description Total Sulfur Production 290729 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 290729mt
  • Year 1963
    Description Total Sulfur Production 561285 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 561285mt
  • Year 1964
    Description Total Sulfur Production 644674 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 644674mt
  • Year 1965
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1108630 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1108630mt
  • Year 1966
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1423880 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1423880mt
  • Year 1967
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1431720 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1431720mt
  • Year 1968
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1338060 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1338060mt
  • Year 1969
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1162940 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1162940mt
  • Year 1970
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1116620 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1116620mt
  • Year 1971
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1196580 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1196580mt
  • Year 1972
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1197760 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1197760mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1253150 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1253150mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1325290 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1325290mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1267780 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1267780mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Total Sulfur Production 930669 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 930669mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Total Sulfur Production 973812 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 973812mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Total Sulfur Production 856895 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 856895mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1135770 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1135770mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1215440 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1215440mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Total Sulfur Production 1130660 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1130660mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Total Sulfur Production 576429 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 576429mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Total Sulfur Production 480877 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 480877mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Total Sulfur Production 752703 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 752703mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Total Sulfur Production 801129 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 801129mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Total Sulfur Production 573532 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 573532mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MICROFILM COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY,

  • Deposit

    INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS

  • Deposit

    1960 THROUGH 1981).

  • Deposit

    _____. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1982 THROUGH 1986).

  • 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

    CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. THIRD OFFSHORE RIG WILL HELP KEEP

  • Deposit

    SULFUR OUTPUT HIGH, IN INDUSTRY & ECONOMIC NEWS. AUG.

  • Deposit

    29, 1966, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    CRONAN, C. S. UNIQUE PIPELINE HANDLES A HOT PRODUCT, IN

  • Deposit

    PROCESSES & TECHNOLOGY. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, SEPT. 7,

  • Deposit

    1959, PP. 72-74.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. FREEPORT STARTS WORK ON

  • Deposit

    GRAND ISLE, IN THIS MONTH IN MINING. JULY 1958, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    _____. FREEPORT SULPHUR OUTLINES SUBMARINE PIPELINE, IN

  • Deposit

    THIS MONTH IN MINING. APRIL 1959, P. 132.

  • Deposit

    _____. LOUISIANA, IN IN THE U.S. (CONTAINS THREE PARAGRAPHS

  • Deposit

    CONCERNING THE GRAND ISLE MINE). DECEMBER 1961, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    CONCERNING THE GRAND ISLE MINE). SEPTEMBER 1966, P. 272.

  • Deposit

    _____. STEEL SPUDS ANCHOR MINE PLATFORM TO GULF FLOOR, IN

  • Deposit

    THIS MONTH IN MINING. DECEMBER 1966, P. 122.

  • Deposit

    FREEPORT MINERALS COMPANY. 1979 ANNUAL REPORT, FORM 10-K.

  • Deposit

    PP. 3-7.

  • Deposit

    FREEPORT SULPHUR COMPANY. 1957 ANNUAL REPORT. PP. 6-7.

  • Deposit

    _____. SULPHUR, ALLY OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY (COMPANY

  • Deposit

    INFO. PAMPHLET). 1978 ED., 16 PP.

  • 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

    LEE, C. O., Z. W. BARTLETT, AND R. H. FEIERABEND. THE GRAND

  • Deposit

    ISLE MINE. MINING ENGINEERING, JUNE 1960, PP. 578-590.

  • 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

    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. BARATARIA PASS QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRA-

  • Deposit

    PHIC ORTHOPHOTOMAP), LOUISIANA. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1973,

  • Deposit

    SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    _____. BRETON SOUND QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), LOUIS-

  • Deposit

    IANA. 1 DEG. X 2 DEG. SERIES, 1973 REV., SCALE 1:250,

  • Deposit

    000.

  • Deposit

    _____. GRAND ISLE QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC ORTHOPHOTOMAP),

  • Deposit

    LOUISIANA--JEFFERSON PARISH. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1973,

  • Deposit

    _____. PORT SULPHUR QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC ORTHOPHOTOMAP),

  • Deposit

    LOUISIANA--PLAQUEMINES PARISH. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1973,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESERVES MINED OUT 3RD QUARTER, 1991; MINE PERMANENTLY CLOSED (FREEPORT-MCMORAN SEC FORM-10K REPORT, DEC 31, 1991, P. 6 FREEPORT-MCMORAN RESOURSE PARTNERS, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP SECTION)

Reporter information

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

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