The Dredge Kenner

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 10267288
MAS/MILS ID 0220710010
Record type Site
Current site name The Dredge Kenner

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -90.05508, 30.03414 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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)

Lake Pontchartrain(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 02 Louisiana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -90.05508, 30.03414

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Municipality

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pontchartrain Dredging Corp.
    ID 1600519
    Home office Louisiana
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-80 Miller 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 08/07/1990
MSHA mine ID1600519
Mine name (MSHA)Dredge Kenner
Current operatorPontchartrain Dredging Corp
Current controller (parent)George Douglass Jr
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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