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Calumet and Texas Mine

Occurrence in Culberson county in Texas, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10085760
MRDS ID W701397
Record type Site
Current site name Calumet and Texas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.84913, 31.97737 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 64 MI (103 KM) N 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

Guadalupe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guadalupe Peak(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)

Federal lands

Guadalupe Mountains National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Culberson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.84913, 31.97737
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guadalupe Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED FROM ABOUT 1900 TO PRE-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

    KING, USGS PP 215, P. 160.

  • Deposit

    BRIEFLY EXAMINED BY PHILIP KING IN 1934

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS LOW GRADE AND NOT EXTENSIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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