Zimpleman Pass Prospects

Occurrence in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10111563
MRDS ID W701293
Record type Site
Current site name Zimpleman Pass Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.5047, 31.1635 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MI (14 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrophyllite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue
Wavellite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn; Garnet Endoskarn (In The Quartz Monzonite)

Analytical data

Result ANALYTICAL DATA BY THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY INDICATES HIGH SILVER (0.016%), MOLYBDENUM (0.24%), LEAD (2.6%), ZINC (2.1%), CADMIUM (0.014%), AND ARSENIC (0.026%) CONTENTS IN A SAMPLE OF OUTCROPPING QUARTZ VEIN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.5047, 31.1635

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Quartz Veins Generally Trend East-West

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern Quitman Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ACTIVITY: LATE 1800'S.

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

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