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Ross Mine

Past Producer in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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  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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085724
MRDS ID W701357
Record type Site
Current site name Ross Mine
Related records 10251064

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.38743, 29.81605 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI (8 KM) W OF SHAFTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Orona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presidio(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 Presidio

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 9, BLOCK 7, HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RR CO. SURVEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Limonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ross Mine Formation
    Rock description Ross Mine Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.38743, 29.81605
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1891
Production years APPROXIMATELY 1890-1891.

Mining district

District name Shafter Silver District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: LITTLE LEAD-SILVER ORE SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • N25E ADIT, 215 FT LONG WITH TWO IRREGULAR STOPES AND WINZES TO OTHER LEVELS.

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. 928-B, 121-122 P.

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY CLYDE P. ROSS, W.E. CARTWRIGHT, AND C.H. COLDWELL IN 1934

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 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.

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