| Deposit ID | 10218129 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0220450006 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Weeks Island |
| Geographic coordinates: | -91.81654, 29.80355 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 8 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iberia(county)
Louisiana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Weeks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Morgan City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
New Orleans(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Vermilion(hydrologic unit)
Atchafalaya-Vermillion(hydrologic accounting unit)
Louisiana Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Louisiana | Iberia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Salt | Primary |
| (1) | -91.81654, 29.80355 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0220450006 |
OWN/OP:MORTON SALT (1978)
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-NOV-1983 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Active since 07/05/1983 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 1600970 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Weeks Island Mine and Mill |
| Current operator | Morton Salt Inc |
| Current controller (parent) | SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (545 m, 0.83 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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