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Boothe Mine

Past Producer in Nolan county in Texas, United States with commodity Strontium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062646
MRDS ID TC36182
Record type Site
Current site name Boothe Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.4315, 32.38322 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI S OF SWEETWATER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nolan(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sweetwater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sweetwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Big Spring(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clear Fork Brazos(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Nolan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Strontium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAXIMUM GRADE IS 70-80% CELESTITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Celestite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 249
USGS model code 35a.1
Deposit model name Bedded celestite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Peacock Formation, Double Mountain Group
    Rock description Peacock Formation, Double Mountain Gp
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Antlers Sand
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 182.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1938-

Mining district

District name Nolan (Sweetwater Area) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Boothe Brothers

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1942
    Total resources 18000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Strontium SrSO4 60 wt-pct Strontium Major 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT ON DOLOSTONE BED 4 (14-20 IN THICK). SR-BEARING DOLOSTONE BED 2 (8-12 IN THICK) NOT WORKED AS IT IS LOWER IN GRADE AND HAS THICKER OVERBURDEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4301, P. 113-131

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNIV. TEX. PUB. 4301, P. 118.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Long, Keith U.S. Geological Survey

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