Dredge Avocet

Producer in Orleans county in Louisiana, United States with commodity Calcium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10242799
MAS/MILS ID 0220710007
Record type Site
Current site name Dredge Avocet

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.07088, 30.03164 (WGS84)
Elevation 3

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orleans(county)

Louisiana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spanish Fort(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ponchatoula(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baton Rouge(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Louisiana Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Lake Pontchartrain(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Louisiana Orleans

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
St. Helena 012 S 011 E Louisiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.07088, 30.03164

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Offshore
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southern Industries Corp Radcliff Materials Inc
    ID 1600464
    Interest 100
    Home office Louisiana
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Stringer U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/19/1990
MSHA mine ID1600464
Mine name (MSHA)Dredge Avocet
Current operatorDravo Basic Materials Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Dravo Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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