Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096724
MRDS ID W701382
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Prospects Near Girvin Tank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.2066, 29.61411 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI (16 KM) ENE OF PRESIDIO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Redondo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamito(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 Presidio

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Santa Elena Limestone
    Rock description Santa Elena Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.2066, 29.61411

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEARLY VERTICAL VEINS, IRREGULAR POCKETS, AND MASSES PARALLEL TO BEDDING.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.