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Unnamed Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096722
MRDS ID W701277
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.00746, 31.11073 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI (5 KM) N OF ALLAMOORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allamoore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sierra Blanca(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 Hudspeth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 67
USGS model code 18i
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted magnesite-talc

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Hazel Formation
    Rock description Hazel Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.00746, 31.11073
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS PROSPECT IS IN THE HAZEL FORMATION, ACCORDING TO THE MAPPING OF KING AND FLAWN (1953). NO TALC IS KNOWN IN THE CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE HAZEL FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Allamoore Talc District

Land status

Ownership category Private

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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