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Mustang Draw Prospect

Prospect in Glasscock county in Texas, United States with commodity Sulfur
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096952
MRDS ID I000224
Record type Site
Current site name Mustang Draw Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.55598, 32.01683 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Glasscock(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucian Wells Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Spring(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Big Spring(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mustang Draw(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Glasscock

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 1, BLOCK 35, TOWNSHIP 3-S. LOCATION UNCERTAIN. LAT-LONG FOR OIL FIELD AT MCDOWELL RANCH. DEPOSIT MAY OCCUR UP TO 1 MILE FURTHER SOUTH ALONG MUSTANG RANCH WHERE NUMEROUS DRILL HOLES ARE SHOWN ON 1966 7.5 MINUTE TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bioepigenetic Alteration Of Anhydrite To Calcite And Sulfur

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 256
USGS model code 35a.8
Deposit model name Stratabound sulfur

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name San Andres
    Rock description San Andres
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Ogallala Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Carbonate Reef
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 121.92M
    Depth to top 853.44M
    Depth to bottom 975.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Associated With Nne Fault; Zones Cemented By Anhydrite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERATION, FOLDING, FAULTING; ARCH; CRMT + SRPN + CLRT + TMLT; ALTERNATING LAYERS OF MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED CHROMITE OCCUR IN SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE IN THE UPPER PART OF THE ULTRAMAFIC ZONE OF THE BIRD RIVER SILL WHICH INTRUDED SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS OF THE RICE LAKE GROUP AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DEFORMED DURING THE KENORAN OROGENY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1982
Discoverer Prairie Producing Co. (Subsidiary Of Placer Dome Inc.)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Freeport Sulfur Co. 84), Sultex Jv (Sultex, Placer Dome)
    First year 1983

Comments on the production information

  • NONE OR MINOR NEW PLANT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1988 ESTIMATE OF RESERVES WAS 10 TO 15 MILLION TONNES OF ELEMENTAL SULFUR.
  • RR9: MEASURED AND INDICATED RESOURCES TO DEPTH OF 244 M ACROSS WIDTH OF 30.8 M OVER STRIKE LENGTH OF 373 M.

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY DRILLING

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED DURING AN OIL TEST. FREEPORT SULFUR CO. DRILLED SIX SULFUR TESTS 1983-1984. SULTEX JV DRILLED 20 SULFUR TESTS 1987-?. ; EXPL$: $0.5 MILLION ; DEV$: $4 ; ECON.COM: IN AUGUST 1989, PLACER DOME WAS PLANNING TO JOINT VENTURE THE PROPERTY WITH GOLD AND MINERAL EXPLORATION NL AND LAVERTON GOLD NL, BOTH OF AUSTRALIA. THE DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED DURING OIL EXPLORATION DRILLING AND ADDITIONAL OIL TEST WELLS IN THE AREA ALSO INTERSECTED SULFUR. PHASE 1 EXPLORATION ($500,000) CONSISTS OF 3 ROTARY CORE HOLES TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE DEPOSIT. PHASE 2 WILL CONSIST OF 3-6 ADDITIONAL HOLES AND ENGINEERING TESTS AND PHASE 3 WILL BE A TESTING AND FEASIBILITY STEP. LISTED EXPLORATION COSTS ARE POST DISCOVERY COSTS. DEVELOPMENT COSTS ARE FOR TESTING AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(YES);

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1989, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 263, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    RUCKMICK, J.C., ET AL, 1992, THE MUSTANG DRAW SULFUR DEPOSIT IN GLASSCOCK COUNTY, TEXAS, IN WESSEL, G.R., AND WIMBERLY, B.H., EDS., NATIVE SULFUR, DEVELOPMENTS IN GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION: LITTLETON, COLO., SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, P. 135-138.

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1) INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1989.; (2) RUCKMICK ET AL (1992) P. 135.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFUR FILLS FRACTURES AND VUGS IN SHELF AND OOLITE BAR FACIES REEF DOLOSTONES.
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-93 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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