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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  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 10085713
MRDS ID W701344
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.78325, 29.45495 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MI (23 KM) NW OF TERLINGUA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Solitario(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Terlingua(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Margins Of Intrusion Locally Kaolinitized And Iron-Stained

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.78325, 29.45495
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY HAS DIAMOND DRILL CORE, DONATED BY PIONEER NUCLEAR, FROM THIS PROSPECT. REPORTED THAT MOLYBDENITE OCCURS IN RHYOLITES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOLITARIO. NOTED THAT THE INTRUSION LOCALLY CONTAINED ABUNDANT PYRITE. RECOGNIZED STOCKWORK QUARTZ-MOLYBDENITE VEINLETS LESS THAN 0.08 INCH (2 MM) WIDE IN QUARTZ LATITE CLASTS WITHIN VENT (?) BRECCIA OR AGGLOMERATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name The Solitario

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN MID-1970'S.

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-DEC-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 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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