Chinati Mine

Past Producer in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10111565
MRDS ID W701351
Record type Site
Current site name Chinati Mine
Related records 10154378

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.36132, 29.80966 (WGS84)
Elevation 1298
Relative position 3 MI (5 KM) W OF SHAFTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shafter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibolo-Red Light(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 Presidio

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 2, BLOCK 8, HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RR SURVEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Limonite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Dolomitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mina Grande Formation
    Rock description Mina Grande Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.36132, 29.80966

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1935
Production years 1890-1891; 1901-1902; 1915-1916; 1935.

Mining district

District name Shafter Silver District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dunham Perry
    First year 1934

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: GREATER THAN 25000 TONS; MINOR PRODUCTION OF ZINC CARBONATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS PATENTED IN 1901. EXPLORED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES 1947-1948.

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 BULL 928-B, 125 P.

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY CLYDE P. ROSS, W.E. CARTWRIGHT, AND C.H. COLDWELL IN 1934

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE MANTOS AT APPROXIMATELY 90-FT (27-M) DEPTH; ORE ALSO ALONG ZONE OF THRUSTING THAT DIPS 30 DEG. TO 45 DEG. N AND ALONG FRACTURE THAT DIPS 75 DEG. N. VEIN THICKNESSES RANGED FROM SEVERAL INCHES TO APPROXIMATELY 3 FT (1 M). GOLD AND SILVER ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LEAD, BUT NOT ZINC.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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