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Woodward Ranch Mine

Producer in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Gemstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085824
MRDS ID W701483
Record type Site
Current site name Woodward Ranch Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.59964, 30.15299 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MI (19 KM) S OF ALPINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ord(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alpine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Stockton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Terlingua(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Sheep Canyon Basalt;Cottonwood Springs Basalt
    Rock description Sheep Canyon Basalt;Cottonwood Springs Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.59964, 30.15299
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLUME AND MOSS AGATES ARE COMMON IN THE SHEEP CANYON AND COTTONWOOD SPRINGS BASALTS, BANDED PASTEL-COLORED AGATES OCCUR IN THE CROSSEN TRACHYTE, BLOODSTONE IS COMMON IN POTATO HILL ANDESITE, AND OPAL AND AMETHYST OCCUR IN SOME BASALTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTENT OPERATIONS BY MINERAL COLLECTERS

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FILLING OF VESICLES AND AMYGDULES IN MAFIC FLOWS.
Deposit THE WOODWARD RANCH IS A COMMERCIAL COLLECTING SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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