| Deposit ID | 10085753 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701389 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cave Peak Deposit |
| Related records | 10178355 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.87968, 31.4435 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | 28 MI (45 KM) N OF VAN HORN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Culberson(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Apache Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Van Horn(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Culberson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Tin Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Secondary |
| Beryllium Critical | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Antimony | Ore |
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Ferrimolybdite | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Huebnerite | Ore |
| Ilsemannite | Ore |
| Jarosite | Ore |
| Lepidocrocite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Powellite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Ilmenite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Result | MO/CU RATIO BY WEIGHT BETWEEN 4 AND 6 TO 1 |
|---|---|
| Result | SN AND W ARE PERIPHERAL TO EACH OF THREE MO ZONES. |
| Model code | 50 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 16 |
| Deposit model name | Climax Mo |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -104.87968, 31.4435 |
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| General form | PIPE |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cave Peak |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 45000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 14000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 4000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 226000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701389 |
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.
WARNER, L., ET AL, 1959, OCCURRENCE OF NON-PEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM IN THE U.S.: USGS PP 318
REGIONAL GEOLOGY MAPPED BY P.B. KING
CIMRI
USGS OFR 92-002, P. 17.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PORPHYRY-TYPE MO DEPOSIT; BRECCIA PIPE COMPLEX. ORE IS OXIDIZED FROM 200 TO 600 FT DEPTH WITH SULFIDE EXTENDING FROM 300 TO 1000 FT DEPTH AND A SECOND SULFIDE OREBODY AT 1500 FT DEPTH. A DEEP SULFIDE TARGET EXTENDS FROM 3000 TO 4500 FT DEPTH. THE MAIN (CAVE PEAK) BRECCIA PIPE IS A 2500 FT DIAMETER RHYOLITE BRECCIA MASS WITH A COMPOSITE INTRUSIVE CORE OF OLDER QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY AND QUARTZ LATITE PORPHYRY CUT BY A YOUNGER PLUG OF QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD INCORPORATED DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000622 BY ROBERT U. KING (74 08) WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1991 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1992 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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