Silver Creek Mine

Past Producer in Burnet county in Texas, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099519
MRDS ID TC40158
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

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

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Burnet

Comments on the location information

  • ARBITRARY POINT ON SILVER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Analytical data

Result UP TO 5.47% PB AND 1.00% ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 224
USGS model code 32a
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wilburns Formation
    Rock description Wilburns Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.37589, 30.87381

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Solution Collapse Breccia Near Pinch-Out Of Lcamb Sediments Against Prec Granite (Paleohigh).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank Pavitte Mng. Co. .
    First year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr Osborne

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Material CONS
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^66.45% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Lead Lead 66wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 736 ST OF ORE. INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY CRUDE ESTIMATES OF EXPOSED MINERALIZATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, ADITS, OPEN CUTS, DIAMOND AND CHURN DRILL HOLES. ONE SHAFT IS 65 FT DEEP. A CROSSCUT DRIVEN 7 FT NW AND 18 FT SE FROM ONE ADIT 30 FT IN FROM PORTAL.

Comments on development

  • DRILLED BY EAGLE-PICHER IN 1925. ECON COMMENTS: OLD MILL LOCATED ON SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-94 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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