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Whit-Roy Mine

Past Producer in Presidio 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085606
MRDS ID W701221
MAS/MILS ID 483770001
Record type Site
Current site name Whit-Roy Mine
Alternate or previous names Anchor Mine, Whitroy Mine
Related records 10299989

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.81833, 29.34261 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 6 MI (10 KM) NNW OF LAJITAS. Several shafts shown and labeled on topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lajitas(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 Presidio

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Santa Elena Limestone;Del Rio Clay
    Rock description Santa Elena Limestone;Del Rio Clay

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.81833, 29.34261
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS PROBABLY SIMILAR TO THAT AT NEARBY FRESNO MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1973

Mining district

District name Terlingua

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Whittenberg Estate
    Home office Amarillo, TX
  • Type Operator
    Owner Anchor Mining Co.

Comments on the ownership information

  • USBM PROD TABS OWN/OP: THE ANCHOR CO

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 DEPOSIT IS PROBABLY SIMILAR TO ADJACENT FRESNO MINE (MRDS # M055149)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1990-03-01 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-09-01 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-01 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10299989
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0483770001 = 10299989.

Beyond USGS

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

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