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Dallas Prospect

Occurrence in Culberson county in Texas, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085788
MRDS ID W701435
Record type Site
Current site name Dallas Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.87218, 31.14239 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MI (12 KM) NNW 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

Nutt Ranch(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Culberson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Limestone And Sandstone; Limonite Staining And Bleaching Of Sandstone

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Allamoore Formation; Van Horn Sandstone
    Rock description Allamoore Formation;Van Horn Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.87218, 31.14239
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Active Before Ordovician

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT MOTION IS MOSTLY POST-VAN HORN SANDSTONE (PRECAMBRIAN?) AND PRE-BLISS SANDSTONE (ORDOVICIAN); MINERALIZATION MAY BE MUCH YOUNGER. REPORTED MINOR AMOUNTS OF URANIUM (UP TO 81 PPM) AT THIS LOCALITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Van Horn-Allamoore District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 TONS.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED BEFORE 1933.

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

    TX BEG RI 145

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STEEPLY DIPPING VEINS ALONG FAULT.

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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