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Fort Stockton Mine

Past Producer in Pecos county in Texas, United States with commodity Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085595
MRDS ID W701208
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Stockton Mine
Alternate or previous names Sinclair, Arco, Texasgulf
Related records 10227330

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.75795, 31.05796 (WGS84)
Relative position 13 MI (21 KM) NE OF FORT STOCKTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pecos(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond Y Spring SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crane(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pecos(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Pecos

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Celestite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bioepogenetic Replacement Of Anhydrock By Calcite And Sulfur

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 256
USGS model code 35a.8
Deposit model name Stratabound sulfur

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Salado
    Rock description Salado
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 128.02M
    Depth to top 45.72M
    Depth to bottom 216.41M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Unknown (1900), Sinclair Oil Co. (1966)
Year of first production 1968
Year of last production 1975
Production years 1968-1985

Mining district

District name Fort Stockton

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sinclair Oil Co. , Arco ?), Texasgulf, Farmland Industries
    First year 1968
    Last year 1967

Comments on the workings information

  • FRASCH PRODUCTION OF SULFUR

Comments on development

  • EARLY OIL TEST ENCOUNTERED SULFUR IN 1900. EXPLORATION IN 1966 RESULTED IN DRILLING ON BASIS OF SULFUROUS SOIL AND GRAVITY ANOMALY. DEPOSIT DELINEATED 1966-1967 BY 38 DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    MCNEAL, R.P., AND HEMENWAY, G.A., 1972, GEOLOGY OF THE FORT STOCKTON SULFUR MINE, PECOS CO., TEXAS: AAPG BULL. V. 56, P. 26-37.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.E., GEOLOGY AND FRASCH-MINING OPERATIONS OF THE CULBERSON SULFUR MINE, CULBERSON COUNTY, WEST TEXAS, IN KYLE, J.R., ED., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DELEWARE BASIN, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, V. 8., P. 143.

  • Deposit

    MANDERSON ASSOC., 1977, THE NORTH AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SULFUR OUTLOOK

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983; CRAWFORD (1990) P. 143.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS 65 ACRES IN AREAL EXTENT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900, 1966

Reporter information

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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