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Pickens Oil Prospect

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. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10085605
MRDS ID W701220
Record type Site
Current site name Pickens Oil Prospect
Alternate or previous names La Escondida

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.75611, 29.38056 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 10 MI (16 KM) WNW OF TERLINGUA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Solitario(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black Hills-Fresno(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Intrusion
    Rock description Intrusion
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Santa Elena Limestone
    Rock description Santa Elena Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLASTS OF DEL RIO CLAY, BUDA LIMESTONE, AND ASH-FLOW TUFF OCCUR IN A SOLUTION-COLLAPSE SINK WITHIN THE SANTA ELENA LIMESTONE AT THIS LOCALITY. CINNABAR OCCURS IN SILICIFIED ROCKS ALONG THE MARGINS OF THE SINK. A PREVIOUSLY-DESCRIBED MULTICOLORED JASPEROID 'DIKE' IS A ZONE OF HYDROTHERMAL SILICIFICATION ALONG THE MARGIN OF ANOTHER SINK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Terlingua Mercury District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED IN LATE 1960'S.

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 CINNABAR DISSEMINATED IN SILICIFIED ROCK ALONG THE MARGINS OF A SOLUTION-COLLAPSE BRECCIA PIPE.

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 2012-11-05 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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