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Cibolo Prospect

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085726
MRDS ID W701359
Record type Site
Current site name Cibolo Prospect
Related records 10251045

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.38577, 29.81883 (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

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE. CONSISTS OF 8 CLAIMS NEAR THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF SECTION 14, BLOCK 6, GALVESTON, HOUSTON AND SAN ANTONIO RR CO. SURVEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Presidio Formation
    Rock description Presidio Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.38577, 29.81883
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shafter Silver District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cibola Mining Co.
    First year 1934

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT SHAFT SUNK 1934 ABANDONED DUE TO FLOODING BEFORE REACHING PLANNED DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY PROSPECT SHAFT 1934.

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, 125 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1992 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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