Ingram-Howe Deposit

Occurrence in Val Verde county in Texas, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062656
MRDS ID TC36194
Record type Site
Current site name Ingram-Howe Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.41708, 29.83355 (WGS84)
Relative position 8-9 MI E OF LANGTRY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Val Verde(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shumla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Comstock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Del Rio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecos(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Val Verde

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE: 49.94% MNO2, 43.33% CACO3, 3.92% SIO2, 0.78% AL2O3, 0.05% FE2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Boquillas;Buda;Devil'S River
    Rock description Boquillas;Buda;Devil'S River
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Buda Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Old Erosional Surface

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ingram, Howe

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAXIMUM ESTIMATE.

Comments on the workings information

  • TEST PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4301, P. 249-254

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNIV. TEX. PUB. 4301, P. 254.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COVER AN AREA OF 2000 SQ FT. MN OCCURS AS CEMENT TO GRAVEL AND UNDERLYING BRECCIATED BEDROCK, AND IN SOILS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.