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Cowan Ranch Prospect

Occurrence in Hudspeth 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085680
MRDS ID W701309
Record type Site
Current site name Cowan Ranch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.4947, 31.12045 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MI (15 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

Comments on the location information

  • IN NE CORNER, SECTION 21, BLOCK 63 1/2, PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinitization, Silicification

Analytical data

Result A CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 17.2% CAF2 AND 56.1% SIO2.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock unit name Square Peak Volcanics
    Rock description Square Peak Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.4947, 31.12045
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80-90E
    Dip 60-65S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern Quitman Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL TRIAL LOTS SHIPPED WHEN PROSPECTED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES: SMALL, LOW GRADE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 20 FT SHAFT SUNK 65S

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

    UNIV TEX PUB 4301, P. 237-238.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    UNIV TEX PUB 4301 P. 238

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS 24 TO 36 INCHES (0.6 TO 0.9 M) WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1992 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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