| Deposit ID | 10085698 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701328 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unnamed Occurrences |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.5097, 31.99682 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 57 MI (92 KM) ENE OF EL PASO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hudspeth(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sixteen Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dell City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Van Horn(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)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Hudspeth |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Porphyry |
| (1) | -105.5097, 31.99682 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cornudas Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701328 |
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
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO THE WIND MOUNTAIN DEPOSIT 2 MI (3 KM) TO THE NORTH IN OTERO COUNTY NEW MEXICO. THE WIND MOUNTAIN DEPOSIT CONTAINS LOW GRADE (0.007% BEO) BERYLLIUM MINERALIZATION IN MALIGNITE (AEGIRINE-NEPHALINE FELDSPAR ROCK) AND IN PEGMATITIC EUDIALYTE (ZIRCONIUM SILICATE)- BEARING NEPHELINE SYENITE DIKES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1990 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1993 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.