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Unnamed Mine

Past Producer in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10085779
MRDS ID W701423
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Mine In Eagle Mountains

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.02523, 30.94601 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MI (22 KM) SW OF VAN HORN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Mountains NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Indian Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marfa(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hudspeth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Carrizo Mountain Group
    Rock description Carrizo Mountain Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.02523, 30.94601
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Along Brecciated Zones In Metasedimentary Rocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEINS OCCUR NEARBY BUT ARE NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO ORE. THE EAST-TRENDING TERTIARY RHYOLITE FAULT TRANSECTS THE AREA APPROXIMATELY 400 FT (120 M) TO THE SOUTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carrizo Mountain Group Prospects

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: LITTLE, PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT ADITS (APPROXIMATELY 50 AND 100 FT [15 AND 30 M] LONG).

Comments on development

  • DATES OF ACTIVITY: EARLY 1900'S, 1928.

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 VEINS WITH NORTHEAST AND NORTH TRENDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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