| Deposit ID | 10009409 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002372 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hazel Mine |
| Related records | 10251159 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.90051, 31.16961 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 1494 |
| Relative position | 10 MI NNW OF VAN HORN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Culberson(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sheep Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Van Horn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Salt Basin(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Culberson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Acanthite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Model code | 197 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 30b |
| Deposit model name | Sediment-hosted Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 63 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone | ||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Hazel Formation |
| Rock description | Hazel Formation |
| (1) | -104.90051, 31.16961 |
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| Width | 0.46M |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1856 |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| Year of last production | 1947 |
| Production years | 1880-1886, 1891-1947 |
| District name | Van Horn |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1886 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1880-1886 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1926-1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1891-1947 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
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| Overall depth | 227.38M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002372 | |
| Defense Mineral Exploration Agency | DMEA | DMEA | 4476 | |
| Office of Mineral Exploration | OME | OME | 6422 |
TX BEG, MRC-73, P. 71-72.
UNIV TEX PUB 3401, P. 409-410.
TX BEG, RI 145
UTEX PUB 3401 P. 410; TX BEG MRC-73 P. 71
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER TO SILVER RATIO MAY INCREASE WITH DEPTH. VEIN PITCHES AND SWELLS IRREGULARLY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Hasler, J. William | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1992 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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