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Clark Prospect

Occurrence in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085702
MRDS ID W701333
Record type Site
Current site name Clark Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.2374, 30.15827 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI (2 KM) S OF MARATHON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marathon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alpine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Stockton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maravillas(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 Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Middle Chert Member Of Caballos Formation
    Rock description Middle Chert Member Of Caballos Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REPORTED SIMILAR IMPREGNATIONS OF IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND JOINTS IN THE CABALLOS FORMATION IN THE WOODS HOLLOW MOUNTAINS TO THE SOUTHEAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Marathon Region

Land status

Ownership category Private

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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