| Deposit ID | 10085683 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701313 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eagle Spring Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes Eagle Spring 3 and 4 Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.09858, 30.99601 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1478 |
| Relative position | 17 MI (27.5 KM) SW OF VAN HORN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hudspeth(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eagle Mountains NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Indian Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Marfa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Salt Basin(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Hudspeth |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 238 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 32m |
| Deposit model name | Manto fluorite |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Bluff Formation (Main Workings);Prospects Also In Permian Hueco Limestone And Cretaceous Yucca Formation |
| Rock description | Bluff Formation (Main Workings);Prospects Also In Permian Hueco Limestone And Cretaceous Yucca Formation |
| (1) | -105.09858, 30.99601 |
|---|
| Strike | N80E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70S |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1943 |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| Production years | 1943 |
| District name | Eagle Mountains |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eagle Spring Syndicate |
| First year | 1943 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. J. Trepannier |
| First year | 1948 |
| Year | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1940'S | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^70 To 82% Caf2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 36.58M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701313 |
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.
UNIV TEX PUB 4301, P. 227-238.
USGS BULL 987, 98 P.
EXAMINED BY H.E. ROTHROCK AND ELLIOT GILLERMAN BETWEEN 1943 AND 1946.
FIELD WORK BY TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1943-1945.
CIMRI
PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983, P. 81
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN DEPOSIT STRIKES N80E AND DIPS 70S. REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT FOLLOWS A RHYOLITE DIKE/LIMESTONE CONTACT THAT DIPS 20 TO 25 DEG W. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1990 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1992 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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