Description
Myles Salt Co.
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 production1902
Discovery year1897
Identification
Deposit ID10061198
MRDS IDTC34056
Alternate namesMyles
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.81136, -91.8043
References
WAGUESPACK, S.J., 1983, SALT DOMES OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: NEW ORLEANS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, V. 3, P. 34-35.KUPFER, D.H., 1983, METHODS OF ROCK-SALT MINING IN LOUISIANA IN WAGUESPACK (1983), P. 122-142.KUPFER, 1962, STRUCTURE OF MORTON SALT CO. MINE, WEEKS ISLAND SALT DOME: AAPG BULL. V. 46, P. 1460-1467.USBM IC 8313CIMRIKUPFER (1983) P. 134.