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Granite Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodities Beryllium, Tin, Tungsten, Niobium (Columbium), Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085679
MRDS ID W701308
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.44664, 31.11128 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MI (12 KM) SW OF SIERRA BLANCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sierra Blanca SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sierra Blanca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(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 Hudspeth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Euclase Ore
Helvite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrochlore Ore
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Nontronite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn Grading Into Epidote-Bearing Marble And Limestone

Analytical data

Result THERE WERE INDICATED HIGH VALUES OF TIN (UP TO 2%), TUNGSTEN (UP TO 0.4%), BERYLLIUM (UP TP 0.6%), NIOBIUM (UP TO 1.1%), AND YTTRIUM (IN ZIRCON) IN DATA PROVIDED BY DOW CHEMICAL CO.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 43
USGS model code 14b
Deposit model name Sn skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bluff Formation
    Rock description Bluff Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.44664, 31.11128
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BANDED MAGNETITE-FLUORITE-PHENAKITE ROCK OCCURS IN A LARGE LIMESTONE XENOLITH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern Quitman Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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