Bay Sainte Elaine Dome

Past Producer in Terrebonne county in Louisiana, United States with commodity Sulfur
Sections on this page
  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 10218636
MAS/MILS ID 0221090005
Record type Site
Current site name Bay Sainte Elaine Dome

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -90.6801, 29.17467 (WGS84)
Elevation 1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Terrebonne(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cocodrie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Terrebonne Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New Orleans(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Central Louisiana Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Central Louisiana Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Terrebonne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Louisiana 022 S 018 E 07 C SW Louisiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -90.6801, 29.17467

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Freeport Sulphur Co
    Home office New York
    Year 1978

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 RESERVES FEA/S-76/310

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.