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Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085601
MRDS ID W701214
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Comments on the site identification

  • In MRC-73, ID No. is EM-BR-V26-8.
  • Seeems to be the same as the Prospects in Sec. 197, Block G-4, of Chester (p. 350) which he lists as adits.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.51111, 29.32389 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 2 MI (3 KM) E OF STUDY BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terlingua(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Terlingua(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 Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 197, BLOCK G4
  • Probably on the north side of Maverick Mountain.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Intrusion
    Rock description Intrusion
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Intrusion;Pen Formation (Terlingua Clay)
    Rock description Intrusion;Pen Formation (Terlingua Clay)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.51111, 29.32389
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Terlingua

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

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

    Chester, 1965, Mercury in Texas, in USBM, Mercury Potential in the United States: USBM IC-8252, Ch. 10.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1990-03-01 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-10-01 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-06 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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