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Paisano Mine

Producer in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085608
MRDS ID W701223
Record type Site
Current site name Paisano Mine
Alternate or previous names D & F Minerals Mine
Related records 10023863, 10300188

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.45907, 29.46079 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 MI (17 KM) NNE 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

Christmas Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santiago Draw(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fluoritization Of Limestone; Pyrite Locally In Intrusive Rocks

Analytical data

Result 58-80% CAF2

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 238
USGS model code 32m
Deposit model name Manto fluorite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite
    Rock description Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • 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 Buda Limestone, Del Rio Clay, Boquillas Formation, Santa Elena Limestone
    Rock description Buda Limestone, Del Rio Clay, Boquillas Formation, Santa Elena Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.45907, 29.46079
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 300M
    Width 1.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Limestone And Intrusive Rhyolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTRUSION IS A STOCK HAVING A LACCOLITHIC APOPHYSIS ON ITS NORTH AND EAST SIDES. MINERALIZATION BELOW FLOOR OF LACCOLITH IS ACCOMPANIED BY MOLYBDENITE AND CINNABAR. SECONDARY MOLYBDENUM MINERALS (FERRIMOLYBDITE AND ILSEMANNITE) HAVE BEEN FOUND IN FLUORITE ABOVE A SILL-LIKE APOPHYSIS OF THE LACCOLITH AND IN FRACTURES IN RHYOLITE ADJACENT TO FLUORSPAR OREBODIES. ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM, THORIUM, MOLYBDENUM, BERYLLIUM, VANADIUM, ARSENIC, AND LEAD IN FLUORITE ASSOCIATED WITH PERALKALINE RHYOLITES IN THE CHRISTMAS MOUNTAINS. URANIUM RESOURCES OF THE FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer F.F. Sabins, R.J. Brod
Year of first production 1971
Year of last production 1982
Production years 1971-

Mining district

District name Christmas Mountains Fluorspar District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner D. And F Minerals Co., Machaca Resources Inc.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 9000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 79.6 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1967

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE FOR ONE OUTCROP AREA.

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

    MC ANULTY, W.N., SR., FLUORSPAR IN BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GEOL. CIRC. 67-2, P. 1-12.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC ANULTY (1967) P. 1-12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD INCLUDES DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD W006905 BY PAUL G. SCHRUBEN (75 05) WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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