Waldron Workings in Sec. 40

Past Producer in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10100554
MRDS ID W701216
MAS/MILS ID 480430055
Record type Site
Current site name Waldron Workings in Sec. 40
Alternate or previous names Waldron Mine, Section 40
Related records 10227447

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -103.68944, 29.324 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 MI (8 KM) W OF TERLINGUA. Location uncertain. In Sec. 40, "directly across the draw from the Rio Grande Furnace." (PP-312, p. 92)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amarilla Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Terlingua(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 Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 40, BLOCK G-12.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Santa Elena Limestone
    Rock description Santa Elena Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -103.68944, 29.324

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Soultion Collapse Breccia Zone Trends N 60-65 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLUORITE NOTED HERE.
  • SUBSURFACE WORKINGS FOLLOW STEEP ZONE OF BRECCIATED AND ALTERED CRET DEVILS RIVER LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Terlingua Mercury District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Waldron Quicksilver Properties
    Home office Texas
    Year 1959

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED SEVERAL FLASKS OF HG DURING 1910-1930'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings 80 ft shaft
    Overall depth 24.38M

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

    USGS PP 312, P. 92.

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 193

  • Deposit

    Chester, J.W., 1965, Mercury in Texas, in U.S. Bureau of Mines, Mercury Potential of the United States: USBM IC-8252.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Dates for production did not come from PP-312. Uncertain what the source of information is.
Deposit CINNABAR REPLACES CLAY MATRIX AND FILLS OPEN SPACE IN A SOLUTION-COLLAPSE BRECCIA TRENDING N60-65E
Deposit THIS RECORD INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD M054798 BY JOCELYN A. PETERSON (76 09) WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1990-03-01 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-09-01 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-02 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10227447.
Reporter 1983-11-18 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0480430055 = 10227447.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.