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Starks Salt Dome (Producer)Starks Mine (Producer)Sulphur Mines Salt Dome (Producer)Unamed Geothermal Prospect (Occurrence)Sulphur Mine (Past Producer)Lake Charles Sulfur Plant (Producer)Lake Charles Plant Ti (Plant)Lake Charles Barite Plant (Producer)Unamed Geothermal Prospect (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
9 paw pins, one per site. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

5
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

2
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

1
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
Plant

A processing plant site.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Halite 2Sulfur 2

Commodities

Sulfur 5Halite 2Salt 2Geothermal 2Titanium 1Pigment 1Barium-Barite 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Starks MineSulfur, HaliteHalite, SulfurProducer30.173, -93.567
Sulphur MineSulfur, HaliteHalite, SulfurPast Producer30.167, -93.379
Sulphur Mines Salt DomeSalt, Sulfur—Producer30.254, -93.414
Lake Charles Plant TiTitanium, Pigment—Plant30.194, -93.311
Unamed Geothermal ProspectGeothermal—Occurrence30.359, -93.182
Lake Charles Sulfur PlantSulfur—Producer30.186, -93.332
Lake Charles Barite PlantBarium-Barite—Producer30.230, -93.247
Starks Salt DomeSalt, Sulfur—Producer30.270, -93.626
Unamed Geothermal ProspectGeothermal—Occurrence30.186, -93.383

Nearby counties

Cameron Parish · Jefferson Davis Parish · Vermilion Parish · Lafayette Parish · St. Martin Parish

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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