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Caminada 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. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10291181
MAS/MILS ID 0220510003
Record type Site
Current site name Caminada Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -89.99118, 29.13337 (WGS84)
Elevation 23
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) -89.99118, 29.13337
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 2100HA
    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
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 533
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2100
    Date of Last Modification 960624

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Well
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1948
Mining method Auger Mining - Frasch Process
Year of first production 1968

Mining district

District name None

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Offshore

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Freeport-Mcmoran Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Louisiana
    Year 1994

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Description Total Sulfur Production 240493 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 240493mt
  • Year 1969
    Description Total Sulfur Production 90200 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 90200mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Indicated 5791200mt ore
    Demonstrated 5791200mt ore
    Total resources 5791200mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 99.5 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Indicated 6218200mt ore
    Demonstrated 6218200mt ore
    Total resources 6218200mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 99.5 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 3700000mt ore
    Total resources 3700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 99.5 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • R1=M1C1. RESERVES RECORD 1 IS REPRESENTED BY MATRIX 1, COLUMN 1. ACTUAL MATRIX QUANTITY FIGURE IS 5,791,200 METRIC TONS OF ORE. R2=M2C1. RESERVES RECORD 2 IS REPRESENTED BY MATRIX 2, COLUMN 1. ACTUAL MATRIX QUANTITY FIGURE IS 6,218,226 METRIC TONS OF ORE. MARTIX 3 COL. 1 REMAINING RESOURCES AS OF JAN. 1994.
  • ACTUAL PUBLISHED FIGURE FOR RESERVES IN RECORD 1 = 5,700,000 LONG TONS. ACTUAL PUBLISHED FIGURE FOR RESERVES IN RECORD 2 = 6,120,000 LONG TONS. REMAINING UNRECOVERABLE SULFUR RESOURCES, JAN., 1994.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method FRASCH PROCESS 10-89
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 100
    Capacity 3048
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 90.59
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS

  • Deposit

    1968 AND 1969).

  • Deposit

    CATHY HOCK, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, FREEPORT SULPHUR CO.;

  • Deposit

    10/8/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.

  • Reserve-Resource

    FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. 1981 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 38.

  • Reserve-Resource

    FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. 1986 ANNUAL REPORT. PP. 6 AND 53.

  • 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. UNDERPINNINGS PLACED FOR OFFSHORE

  • Deposit

    SULFUR MINE. JULY 31, 1967, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. COMPANIES TURN TO GULF OF

  • Deposit

    MEXICO AS NEW SULPHUR SOURCE, IN THIS MONTH IN MINING.

  • Deposit

    JUNE 1966, PP. 676-677.

  • Deposit

    _____. ANOTHER OFFSHORE MINE FOR FREEPORT, IN OUTLOOK.

  • Deposit

    JULY 1967, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    -----. CAMINADA MINE TO USE NINE-MILE LINE FOR MOLTEN SUL-

  • Deposit

    PHUR, IN THIS MONTH IN MINING. AUGUST 1967, PP. 111-112.

  • Deposit

    FREEPORT MINERALS COMPANY. 1974 ANNUAL REPORT. PP. 6 AND

  • Deposit

    8.

  • Deposit

    -----. 1975 ANNUAL REPORT, FORM 10-K. P. 3.

  • Deposit

    -----. 1979 ANNUAL REPORT, FORM 10-K. PP. 3-7.

  • Deposit

    FREEPORT SULFHUR COMPANY. 1966 ANNUAL REPORT. PP. 4-5.

  • Deposit

    -----. 1967 ANNUAL REPORT. PP. 3, 5-6, AND 12-13.

  • 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

    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

    THE OIL AND GAS JOURNAL. FREEPORT SULPHUR SHUTS DOWN MINE

  • Deposit

    IN LOUISIANA GULF. MAR. 24, 1969, P. 71.

  • 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,

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, V 321, #8247, OCT. 22, 1993, P278.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FREEPORT MCMORAN INC REPORTS (SEC FORM 10-K REPORT, 12/31/93 P. 7.) THAT CAMINADA CEASED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 1994, DUE TO DECLINING PRODUCTION RATES AND SULFUR PRICES. REMAINING RESERVES ESTIMATED AT 3,700,000 MT SULFUR - CONSIDERED UN- RECOVERABLE. REMOVED FROM ADIT, FEB. 1995.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-DEC-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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