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Buck Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085755
MRDS ID W701391
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.44244, 31.20434 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MI (41 KM) NE OF VAN HORN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Culberson(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Hunter Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt Draw(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Culberson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE IN PLACE: 0.5 TO 2% ZN
Result HAND-SORTER ORE: 26 TO 34% ZN. AG NOT DETECTED.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.44244, 31.20434
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years BEFORE 1914

Mining district

District name Apache Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: PROBABLY LESS THAN 300 TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN PITS, LARGEST 20 BY 15 BY 10 FT IN SIZE; TWO 40 FT SHAFTS, ONE 25 FT SHAFT, SHORT ADIT

Comments on development

  • DUVAL CORP. DONATED CORE FROM THIS AREA TO THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY.

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

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPHALERITE OCCURS AS STREAKS, CAVITY FILLINGS, AND SMALL IRREGULAR VEINS IN LIMESTONE. THIS MAY BE A MISSISSIPPI-VALLEY-TYPE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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