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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Dredge Maurepas (Producer)Dredge Avocet (Producer)The Dredge Kenner (Producer)Milchem Barite Plant + 1 more nearby (Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
4 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 3 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

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Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Calcium 6Barium-Barite 2

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
The Dredge KennerCalcium—Producer30.034, -90.055
Dredge GreenvilleCalcium—Producer30.348, -90.058
Dredge A-306Calcium—Producer30.345, -90.061
Milchem Barite PlantBarium-Barite—Producer30.024, -90.027
Dredge AvocetCalcium—Producer30.032, -90.071
Dredge ChickasawCalcium—Producer30.346, -90.061
Dredge MaurepasCalcium—Producer30.026, -90.081
Baroid Barite PlantBarium-Barite—Producer30.031, -90.031

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 11 fossil collection records in Orleans Parish. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

St. Charles Parish · St. John the Baptist Parish · St. Bernard Parish · St. James Parish · Lafourche Parish

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Related articles

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 USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date.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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