| Deposit ID | 10099519 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC40158 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Creek Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.37589, 30.87381 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 341 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 5.1 MI S80E OF TOWN., Est, Within 5 Secs |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Burnet(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lake Buchanan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Llano(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Burnet |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Result | UP TO 5.47% PB AND 1.00% ZN. |
|---|
| Model code | 224 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 32a |
| Deposit model name | Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn |
| Mark3 model number | 42 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Wilburns Formation |
| Rock description | Wilburns Formation |
| (1) | -98.37589, 30.87381 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Frank Pavitte Mng. Co. . |
| First year | 1930 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dr Osborne |
| Year | 1930 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | CONS | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^66.45% Pb | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 7.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC40158 |
BAKER, C.L., 1935, METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC MINERALS AND ORES: UNIV. TEX BULL 3401.
PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1912, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, LLANO-BURNES FOLIO, TEXAS: USGS FOLIO 183, 16 P.
CIMRI
BAKER (1935).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION EXTENDS OUTWARD FROM SOLUTION COLLAPSE STRUCTURE AT LEAST 140 FT IN WELGE SANDSTONE AND AT LEAST 30 FT IN MORGAN CREEK LIMESTONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-94 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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