Description
Southern Salt Syndicate
Commodities
PrimaryHalite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model252: Salt domes: diapiric salt structures
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Geology
Host rockSalt · Louann
StructurePiercement Salt Dome
Tectonic settingGulf Salt Basin
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1961
Discovery year1921
Identification
Deposit ID10061190
MRDS IDTC34048
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.75358, -91.70235
References
WAGUESPACK, S.J., 1983, SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, V. 3, P. 16-17.KUPFER, D.H., 1983, METHODS OF ROCK-SALT MINING IN LOUISIANA IN WAGUESPACK (1983) P. 122-142.BARTON, D.C., 1936, LATE RECENT HISTORY OF COTE BLANCHE SALT DOME, ST. MARY PARISH, LOUISIANA: AAPG BULL, V. 20, P. 179-185.USBM IC 8313CIMRIKUPFER (1983), P. 134.