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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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Unnamed Geothermal Prospect (Occurrence)Cote Blanche Mine (Producer)Cote Blanche Island Mine (Producer)Unnamed Geothermal Prospect (Occurrence)Unnamed Geothermal Prospect (Occurrence)Belle Isle Deposit (Producer)Belle Isle (Producer)Morgan City Plant (Producer)Pelican Lime Plant (Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
9 paw pins, one per site. 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?

6
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

6
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Halite 2

Commodities

Geothermal 6Halite 2Salt 2Calcium 1Barium-Barite 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Belle Isle DepositHaliteHaliteProducer29.527, -91.400
Cote Blanche Island MineHaliteHaliteProducer29.754, -91.702
Pelican Lime PlantCalcium—Producer29.692, -91.173
Unnamed Geothermal ProspectGeothermal—Occurrence29.649, -91.441
Morgan City PlantBarium-Barite—Producer29.685, -91.192
Unnamed Geothermal ProspectGeothermal—Occurrence29.645, -91.640
Atchafalaya Bay Geothermal ProspectGeothermal—Occurrence29.396, -91.313
Unnamed Geothermal ProspectGeothermal—Occurrence29.363, -91.365
Unnamed Geothermal ProspectGeothermal—Occurrence29.819, -91.548
Belle IsleSalt—Producer29.709, -91.351
Unnamed Geothermal ProspectGeothermal—Occurrence29.723, -91.840
Cote Blanche MineSalt—Producer29.768, -91.769

Nearby counties

Assumption Parish · Iberia Parish · Acadia Parish · St. Martin Parish · Ascension 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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