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Bruinsburg Mine

Occurrence in Claiborne county in Mississippi, 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061174
MRDS ID TC34028
Record type Site
Current site name Bruinsburg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.16678, 31.87519 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Claiborne(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Joseph(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Natchez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Natchez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coles Creek(hydrologic unit)

Big Black-Homochitto(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Big Black(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Claiborne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Washington 11N 1W/1E Mississippi

Comments on the location information

  • UTM GRID COORDINATE FOR TOWN OF BRUINSBURG

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 252
USGS model code 35a.4 (35ad)
Deposit model name Salt domes: diapiric salt structures

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt
    Rock unit name Louann
    Rock description Louann
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -91.16678, 31.87519
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Halite

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 614.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOUANN SALT(LOWER TRIASSIC - MIDDLE JURASSIC), DEPTH TO CAP ROCK 1629 FT., TO SALT 2016 FT. SALT TERTIARY, SULFUR LATE TERTIARY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Deposit

    Thieling, S.C. And Moody, J.S., 1997, Atlas Of Shallow Mississippi Salt Domes: Mississippi Geological Survey Bulletin 131, 328 P.Thieling, S.C. And Moody, J.S., 1997, Atlas Of Shallow Mississippi Salt Domes: Mississippi Geological Survey Bulletin 131, 328 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO CAPROCK 1629 FT, TO SALT 2016 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 24-SEP-1997 Thompson, David E. Mississippi Office of Geology
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Woodruff, Laurel G. U.S. Geological Survey Checked Location; Added Commodity And Material Codes; Added Reference

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