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Michigan Mine

Past Producer in Culberson county in Texas, United States with commodity Sulfur
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106483
MRDS ID W701186
Record type Site
Current site name Michigan Mine
Related records 10178541

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.15882, 31.66794 (WGS84)
Relative position 18 MI (29 KM) SW OF ORLA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Culberson(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rustler Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guadalupe Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pecos-Red Bluff Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Culberson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE DEPOSIT WAS WORKED MOSTLY FOR ACIDIC SULFUR EARTH USED AS FERTILIZER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bioepigenetic Replacement Of Anhydrock By Calcite And Sulfur

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 256
USGS model code 35a.8
Deposit model name Stratabound sulfur

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Rustler Formation
    Rock description Rustler Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.15882, 31.66794
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range (Mmio) Extensional Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rustler Springs Sulfur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

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-FEB-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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