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Love Tank Mine

Past Producer in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100556
MRDS ID W701292
Record type Site
Current site name Love Tank Mine
Alternate or previous names Thunderbolt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.51386, 31.18267 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MI (15 KM) W OF SIERRA BLANCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver King Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sierra Blanca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hudspeth

Comments on the location information

  • THE MAIN SCHEELITE PROSPECTS OCCUR ON TREND WITH THE BONANZA FRACTURE ZONE TO THE EAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Powellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn Grading Outward From The Intrusion Into Marble

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Torcer Formation
    Rock description Torcer Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.51386, 31.18267
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Main Scheelite Prospects Occur On Trend With The Bonanza Fracture Zone To The East.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Scheelite Mineralization Occurs For At Least 700 Ft (200 M) Along The Intrusive Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern Quitman Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENTS OF ORE CONTAINING 18% CU WERE MADE FROM JOHN GILCREASE CLAIMS.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT. ACTIVITY: 1943 AND 1981.

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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