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Bayou Choctaw Mine

Past Producer in Bienville county in Louisiana, United States with commodities Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061184
MRDS ID TC34041
Record type Site
Current site name Bayou Choctaw Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -91.33929, 30.25106 (WGS84)
Elevation 3
Relative position 6 MI NW OF PLAQUEMINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iberville(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Addis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baton Rouge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baton Rouge(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Grand(hydrologic unit)

Lower Grand(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi-Lake Maurepas(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 8S; 9S 11E Louisiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary
Limestone, Ultra Pure Tertiary

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 > 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) -91.33929, 30.25106
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Piercement Salt Dome

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 188.37M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dow Chemical Co., Allied Chemical Corp (Solvay Process Div.)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilbert Minerals Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • SOLUTION MINING OF SALT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGUESPACK, S.J., 1983, SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, V. 3, P. 7-7A.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8313

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO CAPROCK 237 FT. DEPTH TO SALT 629 FT. SALT VOLUME 1.3 CU MI TO 10,000 FT DEPTH.

Reporter information

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

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