1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Babb Deposits

Occurrence in Val Verde county in Texas, United States with commodity Manganese
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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 10062657
MRDS ID TC36195
Record type Site
Current site name Babb Deposits
Related records 10226788

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.51347, 30.11216 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 7 MI SE OF PANDALE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Val Verde(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Fielder Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Devils Draw(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sonora(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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) Edwards Limestone
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.24M
    Length 402.33M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sand And Gravel Deposits Between Old Erosional Ledges In Limestone, And Recent Flood Plain Gravels. Also Remnant Pleis Gravels.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Babb, Walter

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4301, P. 249-254

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN AND LOW GRADE. MN MINERALS CEMENT GRAVELS. SEVERAL DEPOSITS.

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.

Maps centered on this site