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Zimpleman Salt Lake Mine

Past Producer in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodity Halite
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106484
MRDS ID W701241
Record type Site
Current site name Zimpleman Salt Lake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.01052, 31.73877 (WGS84)
Relative position 50 MI (80 KM) NNW OF VAN HORN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dell City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt Basin(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hudspeth

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 62.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SALT USED FOR HOUSEHOLD, RANCH, MINING, AND INDUSTRIAL USES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Analytical data

Result SALT ANALYSIS: 0.6% SIO2, 0.6% AL203, 1.4% NASO4, 97.3% NACL, TRACE OF FE, MGO, CAO, AND K2O.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.01052, 31.73877
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alkali-Salt Lake In A Closed Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Year of first production 1863
Year of last production 1948

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arthur Grable
    First year 1946
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. Z. Copprell/Texas And Pacific RR

Comments on the production information

  • CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: BETWEEN 5,000 AND 15,000 TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LAKE IS CONFINED BY DIKES WHICH YIELD AN ANNUAL HARVEST OF SALT DEPOSITED FROM EVAPORITE BRINES.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE DEPOSITS WERE INITIALLY WORKED IN COMMON BY THE LOCAL MEXICAN POPULATION. ATTEMPS BY INDIVIDUALS TO FILE CLAIMS ON AND MONOPOLIZE OWNERSHIP OF THE SALT DEPOSITS LED TO THE SALT WAR OF 1977 WHEN SOME CLAIM HOLDERS AND TEXAS RANGERS WERE KILLED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS AT SAN ELIZARIO.

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

    VISITED BY JOHN C. DUNLAP IN 1946

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SALT LAKE IS ABOUT 0.5 MI LONG AND 0.25 MI WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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