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Tank Canyon Prospects

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085686
MRDS ID W701316
Record type Site
Current site name Tank Canyon Prospects
Alternate or previous names Tank Canyon Group Includes Tank Canyon, Tank Canyon 1, And Tank Canyon 4 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.05469, 30.92824 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MI (24 KM) SW OF VAN HORN

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hudspeth

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 38, BLOCK 68, TOWNSHIP 9.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRADE: 80% CAF2

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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Lower Rhyolite
    Rock description Lower Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.05469, 30.92824
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N62E
    Dip 75S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frank Sanchez

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHING ON TANK CANYON 1 CLAIM

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED IN 1946.

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

    USGS BULL 987, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY H.E. ROTHROCK AND ELLIOT GILLERMAN BETWEEN 1943 AND 1946

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS 2 TO 3.5 FT (0.6 TO 1.1 M) THICK

Reporter information

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

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