Rocky Ridge Prospects

Occurrence in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085694
MRDS ID W701324
Record type Site
Current site name Rocky Ridge Prospects
Alternate or previous names Section 44 Prospects Including Cooper 5, Cooper 4, And Fox 7
Related records 10023864

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.10608, 30.90518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 19 MI (30 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)

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 SECTION 44, BLOCK 68, TOWNSHIP 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Fluoritization And Silicification Of Limestone

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 Upper Rhyolite
    Rock description Upper Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • 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
    Rock description Bluff Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.10608, 30.90518

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CRETACEOUS ROCKS ARE PART OF A LANDSLIDE BLOCK OR A BLOCK SLUMPED FROM THE CALDERA WALL DURING ASH-FLOW TUFF ERUPTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Discoverer Ricardo Sanchez

Mining district

District name Eagle Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ricardo Sanchez

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 15000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 35 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1974

Comments on the workings information

  • TEST PITS

Comments on development

  • TRENCHED AND SAMPLED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES 1943-1944. INTERMITTENT PROSPECTING SINCE.

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

    TX BEG HANDBOOK 3, 31 P.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 987, 98 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    TX BEG HANDBOOK 3

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

Beyond USGS

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