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Mills Ranch Mine

Past Producer in Val Verde county in Texas, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10063023
MRDS ID TC36637
Record type Site
Current site name Mills Ranch Mine
Related records 10203137

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.57402, 30.1766 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 1.3 MI S65W 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

Pandale(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

Comments on the location information

  • 1.35 MI BY ROAD SW OF PANDALE. NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Analytical data

Result TEST SAMPLE CONTAINED 97.6% BASO4.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Edwards Limestone
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Solution-Collapse Cavern.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Cavities In A Solution Collapse.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1945?

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mills Ranch

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEAR 1945 IS QUESTIONABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT.

Comments on development

  • AREA CORE DRILLED IN 1952.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, R.A., 1962, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH TEXAS: TX BEG RI43, P. 11-12

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MAXWELL (1962), P.11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE EXPLORED IN OPEN PIT WAS 1 TO 5 FT WIDE AND 35 FT LONG. BARITE WAS FOUND IN TEST HOLE 60 FT N OF OPEN PIT AND EXPOSED IN A TEST PIT 100 FT S OF OPEN PIT. BARITE FILLS FISSURES AND CAVITIES IN A SOLUTION-COLLAPSE SINKHOLE. BARITE IN THE SOUTHEREN TEST PIT APPEARS TO REPLACE LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

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

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