Frio Cave Mine

Past Producer in Uvalde county in Texas, United States with commodities Nitrogen-Nitrates, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063202
MRDS ID TC36869
Record type Site
Current site name Frio Cave Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.68536, 29.43524 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.4 MILES S20E OF CONCAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uvalde(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Concan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Uvalde(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Frio(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Uvalde

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE UNUSUALLY HIGH IN POTASH AND ALUMINA

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.68536, 29.43524

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 9.75M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1860'S, 1920'S

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Twin Star Industries

Comments on the workings information

  • NATURAL CAVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, R.A., 1962, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPT. INVEST. 43, P. 100

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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