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Heiner 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085596
MRDS ID W701209
Record type Site
Current site name Heiner Mine
Alternate or previous names Duval Fort Stockton

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.80323, 31.11129 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 MI (25 KM) NNE 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
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bioepigenetic Replacement Of Anhydrock By Calcit 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 Yates, Tansill, Salado, And Rustler Formations
    Rock description Yates, Tansill, Salado, And Rustler Formations
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1967
Year of last production 1970
Production years 1967-1970

Mining district

District name Fort Stockton

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • FRASCH PRODUCTION OF SULFUR

Comments on development

  • PLANT WAS DISMANTLED AND MOVED TO CULBERSON COUNTY.

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

    MANDERSON ASSOCIATES, 1979, PHOSPHATES, PHOSPHATE ROCK, SULFUR, SULFURIC ACID, URANIUM: V. 2, P. 130.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.E., 1990, GEOLOGY AND FRASCH-MINING OPERATIONS OF THE CULBERSON SULFUR MINE, CULBERSON COUNTY, WEST TEXAS, IN KYLE, J.R., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DELEWARE BASIN, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, VOL. 8, P. 141-162.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFUR OCCURS 250 TO 800 FT (76 TO 240 M) BELOW THE SURFACE.

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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