| Deposit ID | 10065153 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC40188 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Badu Hill Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.47533, 30.7241 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 305 |
| Relative position | 1 MI N OF BEVERLY, 5 MI N25W OF KINGSLAND. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Llano(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kingsland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Llano(hydrologic unit)
Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Llano |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Microcline | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 63-69% SIO2, 19-20% AL2O3, 7-12% K2O, < 0.15% FE2O3, 0.02-0.05% MGO, 0.06-0.6 CAO, 3-4% NA2O, 0.13% P2O5. |
|---|
| Model code | 38 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 13e |
| Deposit model name | Feldspar contained in pegmatites |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Packsaddle Schist |
| Rock description | Packsaddle Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| (1) | -98.47533, 30.7241 |
|---|
| Thickness | 18.29M |
|---|---|
| Length | 213.36M |
| Width | 106.68M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1936 |
| Discoverer | Tillie Badu Moss |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 0M |
| Overall length | 60.96M |
| Overall width | 21.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC40188 |
BARNES, V.E., 1945, FELDSPAR IN THE CENTRAL MINERAL REGION OF TEXAS, IN, TEXAS MINERAL RESOURCES: UNIV. TEXAS BULL. 4301, P. 93-104.
HUSEMAN, GW AND MCMILLAN, WD, 1947, BADU FELDSPAR DEPOSIT, LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS: USBM R1 4102, 11 P.
BARNES,V.E., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSLAND QUADRANGLE, LLANO AND BURNET COUNTIES, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GQ 41, 25 P.
CHELF, CR, 1942, A NEW FELDSPAR DEPOSIT IN LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MRSC 45, 5 P.
NON-USGS WORK: EXPLORED BY USBM/UNIV. TEXAS IN 1946.
CIMRI
HUSEMAN AND MCMILLAN (1947).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT KNOWN FROM 1946 DRILLING TO EXTEND 28 TO 45 FT BELOW BOTTOM OF PIT (15 FT DEEP IN 1946). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1994 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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