The LaGrange field, Adams County, Mississippi, is the largest field producing from the Wilcox in Mississippi. Originally a Tuscaloosa field opener in February, 1946, the discovery well was plugged back and recompleted as a Wilcox producer in August of the same year. Production is being recovered from several sands of the middle Wilcox at a depth of approximately 6,200 feet. In its short life, the field has been extended to encompass 3,000 acres. As of January 1, 1949, it had 99 producing wells (including 19 twins) and had a cumulative production of more than 3 million barrels. Daily runs are in excess of 11,000 barrels. With the field still not completely defined, eventual production is estimated in excess of 15 million barrels.

The field is located on the flank of the Mississippi basin. The local structure is an elongate west of south-trending anticlinal nose. Although closure is developed on a series of nodes along the axis of the fold, reservoir traps are, in good part, controlled by stratigraphic conditions. Discovery of the field resulted from combination of geophysical and subsurface information.

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