Table 2.—Value of 
mineral production 
in Louisiana, by parishes 1 
Parish 1966' 
— 1967 
Minerals produced in 1967 in order of value 
 
Acadia~.~ 
Allen_ - - - - - - - 
Ascension - 
Assumption       
Avoyelles - . 
Beauregard - - - - - - - 
 
Bienville - .~ -- ~.. 
Bossier           
Caddo_ - -       
Calcasieu.         
$122,796,002 
 9,734,900 
 5,475,033 
 22,762,679 
 4,127,047 
 10,072,888 
 
 10,373,008 
 37,126,888 
 37,336,571 
 46,824,160 
$138,833, 696 
 7,903 369 
 33,288,024 
 32,752,186 
 6,626,535 
 14,494,270 
 
 12,332,192 
 20,137,341 
 28,525,391 
 72,037,475 
Natural gas, petroleum, natural gas liquids. — Petroleum, natural gas,
natural gas liquids. 
Natural gas liquids, petroleum, salt, natural gas. 
Naturai gas, petroleum. 
Petroleum, natural gas liquids, natural gas. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, sand and gravel. 
Natural gas, petroleum. 
Natural gas, petroleum, natural gas liquids. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, clays. 
Petroleum, natural gas liquids, natural gas, cement, lime, salt, sulfur,
clays. 
CaldwelL .. 
Cameron - - - - - -. - 
Catahoula        
Claiborne         
Concordia        
DeSoto          
East Baton Rouge - 
 2,929,286 
179,066,095 
11,753,098 
28,088,793 
21 ;432 045 
12,155,579 
17978,682 
 2,502,270 
176,592,921 
17,501,096 
34,783,822 
37,534,159 
12,878,116 
18,916,791 
Natural gas, petroleum. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, salt, shell. 
Petroleum, sand and gravel, natural gas. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids. 
Petroleum, natural gas. 
Natural gas, petroleum. 
Cement, petroleum, lime, sand and gravel, natural 
East Feliciana    Evangeline        
W 
11,892,566 
W 
13,607,637 
 gas, clays. Sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, sand and 
Franklin         
Grant           
Iberia           
 
iberville.         
Jackson .. 
Jefferson - - 
 2,253,333 
517,810 
103,711,771 
 
49,390,479 
377,517 
161,369, 546 
 4,119,262 
462,048 
144,428,051 
 
64,781,481 
 4,250,721 
144,308,861 
gravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas. 
Petroleum, sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas, salt, natural gas liquids, clays. 
Petroleum, salt, natural gas, natural gas liquids. 
Natural gas, petroleum. 
Petroleum, sulfur, natural gas, salt, natural gas 
Jefferson Davis    
58,629,255 
80,786,129 
 liquids, shell. 
Natural gas, petroleum, natural gas liquids, sand 
Lafayette         
Lafourche . -La Salle         Lincoln         Livingston       Madison  
     Morehouse       Natchitoches     Orleans          
16,019,784 
351,941 , 758 
21,091,574 
25,775,113 
201,651 
 1,795,567 
 2,224,874 
240,460 
15,007,335 
19,991,596 
315,272,276 
29,924,927 
35.731,731 
67,379 
 1,955,278 
 1,891,371 
30,424,877 
15,262,163 
 and gravel. 
Natural gas, petroleum, natural gas liquids, clays. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, sulfur. 
Petroleum, natural gas, sand and gravel. 
Natural gas, natural gas liquids, petroleum, clays. 
Petroleum. 
Petroleum, natural gas. 
Natural gas, natural gas liquids, petroleum. 
Petroleum, natural gas liquids, natural gas, clays. 
Cement, lime, shell, sand and gravel, natural gas, 
Ouachita     
. 
Plaquemines      
11,488,125 
 
786,220, 721 
11,359,678 
 
912, 907, 790 
 petroleum. 
Natural gas, petroleum, sand and gravel, natural gas liquids. 
Petroleum, natural gas, sulfur, natural gas liquids, salt. 
Pointe Coupee - - - - 
Rapides         
Red River        
Richiand - .Sabine_.        St. Bernard..      St. Charles       St. Helena
       
St. James         
St. John the Baptist 
St. Landry   - - 
St. Martin - - - . - - -. 
St. Mary . 
12,751,845 
 5,597,360 
 1,458,360 
16,888,326 
23,288,190 
17,295,399 
48,674,020 
592,000 
 6,097,496 
 4,978,012 
57,241,165 
73,283,901 
268,956, 782 
22,667,504 
10,499,027 
 1,581,277 
22,345,833 
14,226,210 
19,536,988 
88,874,539 
W 
10,064,053 
 6,482,333 
56,187,337 
101,274,221 
328,346,403 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, clays. 
Petroleum, sand and gravel, clays, natural gas. 
Petroleum, sand and gravel, natural gas. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids. Do. 
Natural gas liquids, petroleum, natural gas, clays. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids. 
Sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids. 
Petroleum, natural gas, shell. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids. 
Petroleum, natural gas, salt, natural gas liquids. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, salt, 
St. Tammany      
Tangipahoa       
Tensas           
Terrebonne . - - - .... - 
2,951,039 
384,365 
19,583,454 
422, 729,363 
3,165,048 
429,800 
18,490,827 
535,504,338 
shell, lime. 
Shell, sand and gravel, natural gas, petroleum, clays. 
Sand and gravel, petroleum, clays. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids. 
Petroleum, natural gas, sulfur, natural gas liquids, salt. 
Union          Vermilion         
15,418,451 
172, 762,249 
7,991,112 
153,895,226 
Natural gas, petroleum. 
Natural gas, petroleuni, natural gas liquids, sand 
' vernon         Washington      Webster        
 
West Baton Rouge 
West Carroll      
West Feliciana     
Winn            
8,000 
 790,000 
33,420, 647 
 
 707,023 
 240,916 
W 
3,611.346 
17,000 
 621,000 
36,959,362 
 
 844,807 
 138,985 
W 
2,438,813 
 and gravel. Sand and gravel. 
Do. 
Natural gas, petroleum, natural gas liquids, sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, clays, natural gas. 
Natural gas. 
Sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, gypsum, stone, sand and gravel, natural 
Undistributed      
20,248,298 
19,995,047 
gas. 
Total 3,430,140,000 3,961,750,000 
 Revised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential
data; included with "Undistributed."iEast Carroll not listed because no production
was reported. 364 MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1967