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Sorrento Salt Dome

Producer in Ascension county in Louisiana, United States with commodity Salt
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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 10170126
MAS/MILS ID 0220050003
Record type Site
Current site name Sorrento Salt Dome

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.79261, 30.17494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ascension(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sorrento(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ponchatoula(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baton Rouge(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Maurepas(hydrologic unit)

Lake Maurepas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Lake Maurepas(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Ascension

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 S 004 E 15 C Louisiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.79261, 30.17494
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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 Kaiser Aluminum And Chemical Corp.
    Interest 6
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS AND SALT CAVERNS - THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE

  • Deposit

    STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE FEA/S-76/310

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Louisiana Geological Survey Louisiana Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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