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Eureka 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096734
MRDS ID W701424
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.8969, 31.23545 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MI (23 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

Sheep Peak(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
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Goethite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite Staining And Bleaching Of Red Sandstone Along Vein

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 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) -104.8969, 31.23545
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip STEEP

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS APPARENTLY ALONG AN EXTENSION OF THE SAME FRACTURE THAT CONTROLS MINERALIZATION AT THE PECOS MINE. FRAGMENTS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND SANDSTONE LOCALLY OCCUR IN (FAULT?) BRECCIA WITH A BARITE MATRIX. SANDSTONE IS HIGHLY SHEARED ALONG VEIN, SUGGESTING SOME FAULT MOVEMENT.

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 1943.

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

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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