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Rayburn's Dome Quarry

Past Producer in Bienville county in Louisiana, United States with commodities Limestone, Ultra Pure, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061178
MRDS ID TC34035
Record type Site
Current site name Rayburn's Dome Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.92795, 32.23629 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bienville(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saline(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monroe South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shreveport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dugdemona(hydrologic unit)

Lower Red(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Red-Ouachita(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Bienville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Louisiana 15N 5W Louisiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, Ultra Pure Primary
Halite Secondary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Ore
Gypsum Ore
Halite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Biogenic Alteration Of Anhydrock To Limestone

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.92795, 32.23629
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Piercement Salt Dome

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923

Comments on the workings information

  • LIMESTONE QUARRY. BRINE WELLS.

Comments on development

  • CAPROCK DISCOVERED 1910 IN AN OIL TEST ; ECON.COM: SALT PRODUCED FROM BRINE WELLS DURING CIVIL WAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8313

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAPROCK OUTCROPS, DEPTH TO SALT 115 FT

Reporter information

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

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