Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in El Paso county in Texas, United States with commodity Iron
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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063001
MRDS ID TC36612
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.47834, 31.98208 (WGS84)
Elevation 1384
Relative position 7 MI N OF EL PASO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Franklin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas El Paso

Comments on the location information

  • ON S SIDE OF HITT CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FE CONTENT OF ORE RARELY EXCEEDS 40%.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Siderite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Castner Limestone
    Rock description Castner Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Of Limestone By Siderite Where Intruded By Granite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Franklin Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1298, P. 77

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY R.L. HARBOUR BETWEEN 1955-59

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Long. Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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