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Casa Piedra Deposit

Occurrence in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodity Zeolites
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064518
MRDS ID TC38904
Record type Site
Current site name Casa Piedra Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.04215, 29.73855 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF CASA PIEDRA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Casa Piedra(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamito(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Presidio

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE-NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Cristobalite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue

Analytical data

Result TUFF AVERAGES ABOUT 60% CLINOPTILOLITE.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 171
USGS model code 25ob
Deposit model name Sedimentary zeolites: Zeolites in tuffs of saline, alkaline-lake depos

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Tascotal Formation
    Rock description Tascotal Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.04215, 29.73855
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Closed Alkaline-Saline Hydrologic System (Playa Lake).

Comments on the geologic information

  • AIR-FALL TUFF AND SANDY MUDSTONE DEPOSITED IN LOW-ENERGY, SALINE-ALKALINE LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT. TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITED IN HIGH-ENERGY FLUVIAL ENVIRONMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWIE, M.R., AND BARKER, J.M., 1987, COMPARISON OF SELECTED ZEOLITE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND TEXAS, IN PIERCE, H.W. ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST FORUM ON ORE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL PAPER 4, P. 90-105

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LATHS OF CLINOPTILOLITE, UP TO 7 MICRONS LONG, 5 MICRONS WIDE, 3 MICRONS THICK, DERIVED FROM VOLCANIC GLASS AND SMECTITE, LINING VUGS AND FILLING VOIDS IN ALTERED TUFF. CLINOPTILOLITE ALSO OCCURS AS MATRIX TO FLUVIAL SANDSTONE. CENTRAL PART OF DEPOSIT LARGELY ERODED BEFORE DEPOSITION OF FLUVIAL SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

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

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