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Capote Creek Mine

Past Producer in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodity Nitrogen-Nitrates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085599
MRDS ID W701212
Record type Site
Current site name Capote Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.5755, 30.20381 (WGS84)
Relative position 33 MI (53 KM) WSW OF MARFA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Capote Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marfa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marfa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibolo-Red Light(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Buckshot Ignimbrite;Bracks (Formerly Named Trappers) Rhyolite
    Rock description Buckshot Ignimbrite;Bracks (Formerly Named Trappers) Rhyolite

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 3% SODIUM NITRATE PLUS POTASSIUM NITRATE. NOTED THAT THE OCCURRENCES ARE TYPICAL CAVE-TYPE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG CRACKS AND SHELTERED WALLS IN THE BUCKSHOT IGNIMBRITE AND THAT SOME NITRATE OCCURS IN THE SPHERICAL CAVITIES TYPICAL OF THE FORMATION. NOTED OTHER NITRATE LOCALITIES IN THE VICINITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS WERE DRIVEN IN SEARCH OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM NITRATE.

Comments on development

  • ATTEMPTS TO MINE NITRATE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. ACTIVE FROM EARLY 1900'S TO 1950.

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFACE DEPOSITS AND FRACTURE FILLINGS OF ORGANIC REMAINS (BAT GUANO?) IN CAVES.

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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