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Althaus Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099518
MRDS ID TC40132
Record type Site
Current site name Althaus Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.61894, 30.41439 (WGS84)
Elevation 472
Relative position 3.1 MI S45W OF BLOWOUT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gillespie(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blowout(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pedernales River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buchanan-Lyndon B. Johnson Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Gillespie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FELDSPAR HAS HIGH IRON CONTENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 38
USGS model code 13e
Deposit model name Feldspar contained in pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Packsaddle Schist
    Rock description Packsaddle Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.61894, 30.41439
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONLY A FEW CARLOADS FELDSPAR IN SIGHT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNIV TEX PUB 4301 P. 102.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE BLOWOUT QUADRANGLE, BLANCO, GILLESPIE, AND LLANO COUNTIES, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GQ-5.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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