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Hackberry West Mine

Past Producer in Cameron county in Louisiana, United States with commodity Halite
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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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061175
MRDS ID TC34031
Record type Site
Current site name Hackberry West Mine
Alternate or previous names West Hackberry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.42768, 30.00941 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Relative position 16 MI NNW OF CAMERON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cameron(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Charles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Charles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Calcasieu(hydrologic unit)

Calcasieu-Mermentau(hydrologic accounting unit)

Louisiana Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Cameron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Louisiana 12S 10W Louisiana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG VALUES FROM THE NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR GIVEN POSITION FROM NEAREST PROMINENT LOCALITY FIELD AND TOWNSHIP, SECTION, RANGE INFO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite 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) -93.42768, 30.00941
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Piercement Salt Dome

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 545.59M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer Yount Lee Oil Co.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Olin Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • SOLUTION MINING OF SALT

Comments on development

  • SALT DISCOVERED DURING OIL TEST 1928

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGUESPACK, S.J., 1983, SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, V. 3, P. 36-37.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8313

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO CAPROCK 1200 FT, TO SALT 1790 FT. SALT VOLUME 11.5 CU MI TO 10,560 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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