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Rossman Prospect

Occurrence in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096737
MRDS ID W701446
Record type Site
Current site name Rossman Prospect
Related records 10251137

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.00912, 30.7724 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 MI (35 KM) SSW OF VAN HORN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Mountains SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Indian Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marfa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibolo-Red Light(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 Hudspeth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Goethite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching (Perhaps Supergene) Along Faults

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 Yucca Formation
    Rock description Yucca Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.00912, 30.7724
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Or Fracture-Controlled Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN 1970, DUVAL CORP. DRILLED AN EXPLORATORY HOLE 2,250 FT (686 M) DEEP WEST OF THE ROSSMAN PROSPECT; THE HOLE WAS COLLARED ON THE DOWNTHROWN BLOCK OF THE INDIO FAULT. APPARENTLY, THEY DRILLED 1,880 FT (573 M) OF YUCCA FORMATION, THEN 200 FT (61 M) OF PERMIAN(?) LIMESTONE. NO SIGNIFICANT MINERALIZATION WAS INTERSECTED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Indio Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: NONE KNOWN.

Comments on development

  • UNCERTAIN EARLY ACTIVITY; 2,250-FT (686-M) HOLE DRILLED IN 1970.

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 FAULT OR FRACTURE-CONTROLLED VEINS; SOME DISSEMINATED MALACHITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND CHALCOCITE IN SANDSTONE.

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

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