| Deposit ID | 10085573 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701185 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Culberson Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Rustler Hills |
| Related records | 10226798 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.14493, 31.67738 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 17 MI (28 KM) SW OF ORLA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Culberson(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rustler Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Guadalupe Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Pecos-Red Bluff Reservoir(hydrologic unit)
Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Culberson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sulfur | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sulfur | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Celestite | Gangue |
| Result | ORE GRADES UP TO 32% |
|---|
| Model code | 256 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 35a.8 |
| Deposit model name | Stratabound sulfur |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Castile (Or Salado) Formation;Rustler Formation;Salado Formation | ||
| Rock description | Castile (Or Salado) Formation;Rustler Formation;Salado Formation | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite |
| (1) | -104.14493, 31.67738 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range (Mmio) Extensional Faulting |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Faults, Solution-Collapse Structures Within Rustler Hills Graben. |
| Length | 4827.9M |
|---|---|
| Width | 2413.95M |
| Depth to top | 73.15M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1966 |
| Discoverer | Duval |
| Year of first production | 1969 |
| Year of last production | 1990 |
| Production years | 1969- |
| District name | Rustler Springs Sulfur District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Duval |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701185 |
PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.
WALLACE, C.S.A., AND CRAWFORD, J.E., 1992, GEOLOGY OF THE CULBERSON OREBODY, IN WESSEL, G.R., AND WIMBERLY, B.H., EDS., NATIVE SULFUR, DEVELOPMENTS IN GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION: LITTLETON, CO., SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, P. 91-105.
CRAWFORD, J.E., 1990, GEOLOGY AND FRASCH-MINING OPERATIONS OF THE CULBERSON SULFUR MINE, CULBERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, IN KYLE, J.R., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DELAWARE BASIN, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, V. 8, P. 141-162.
CIMRI
PRICE AND OTHERS (1983); CRAWFORD (1990) P. 143.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS 1200 ACRES IN AREAL EXTENT. |
| Deposit | THIS MINE IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRODUCER OF SULFUR BY THE FRASCH METHOD. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1990 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1993 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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