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Rio Grande Quicksilver Co. claims (Sec. 40, Block G-12)

Occurrence in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040132
MRDS ID M054802
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Grande Quicksilver Co. claims (Sec. 40, Block G-12)
Alternate or previous names Rio Grande Prospect, Section 40, Rio Grande Quicksilver Co.
Related records 10226820

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -103.69722, 29.32261 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 MI W OF TERLINGUA. In western part of sec. 40. Location uncertain.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amarilla Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Terlingua(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • IN SEC 40, BLK G-12; A 760 AC PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Santa Elena Limestone
    Rock description Santa Elena Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -103.69722, 29.32261
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Terlingua

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rio Grande Mining Co. (?), Painthorse Mining Co. (?), Rio Grande Quicksilver Co. , Alpin
    First year 1932
    Last year 1933

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 30.48M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings 100 ft shaft, 150 ft. drift

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT SHAFT WITH 150 FT OF DRIFTS ON 50 FT LEVEL, SHORT DRIFTS ON 25 FT LEVEL WITH SMALL STOPES OPEN TO SURFACE. SHORT TUNNEL NEARBY.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY RIO GRANDE QUICKSILVER CO. 1932-1933. ; ECON.COM: A ROTARY FURNACE AND RETORTS WERE NEVER USED EXCEPT BY NATURAL RESOURCES INC. TO PROCESS ORE FROM ITS CLAIMS IN SECTION 58, BLK G-12.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR REPLACES CLAY MATRIX IN A VERTICAL BRECCIA ZONE TRENDING N65E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-09-01 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-01 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10226820.
Reporter 1983-11-18 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines MSA 0480430036 = 10226820.

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