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Comanche Creek Mine

Producer in Pecos 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178913
MRDS ID W701211
MAS/MILS ID 0483710010
Record type Site
Current site name Comanche Creek Mine
Related records 10085598

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -102.67855, 31.00579 (WGS84)
Elevation 793
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pecos(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crane(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pecos(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Pecos

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Sulfur Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Alluvium
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 3108HA
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3108
    Date of Last Modification 960624

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Well
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Mining method Auger Mining - Frasch Process
Year of first production 1975

Mining district

District name West Texas

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Potash Corp. Of Saskatchewan
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
    First year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Texasgulf Inc. (Sub Of Elf Aquitaine, Inc.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Connecticut
    Year 1982
    Last year 1996

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Description 1018 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Graphite Graphite 1018mt
  • Year 1976
    Description 135963 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 135963mt
  • Year 1977
    Description 228266 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 228266mt
  • Year 1978
    Description 98730 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 98730mt
  • Year 1979
    Description 226000 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 226000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description 270380 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 270380mt
  • Year 1981
    Description 405215 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 405215mt
  • Year 1982
    Description 222309 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 222309mt
  • Year 1983
    Description 148469 Metric Tons Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 148469mt

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINE WAS SHUT DOWN, ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, IN DECEMBER 1983; HOWEVER, THE SHUTDOWN CONTINUED THROUGH 1986 AND THE MINE WILL PROBABLY REMAIN INACTIVE THROUGH 1987.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ACCORDING TO A DEC. 1988 INDUSTRIAL MINERALS ARTICLE, THIS SULFUR OPERATION WILL BE REOPENED BY THE END OF 1988 AT A CAPACITY RANGING FROM 250,000 TO 300,000 MT/YR.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method FRASCH PROCESS 10-89
    Capacity 1392
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 49.87
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE SULFUR IS MINED BY THE FRASCH MINING METHOD WHICH USES SUPERHEATED HOT WATER, STEAM AND COMPRESSED AIR FOR MELTING AND RECOVERING SULFUR IN A LIQUID FORM FROM DEEP WELLS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    MINING ENGINEERING, MAY, 1995, P407.

  • Deposit

    ELLISON, JR. SULPHUR IN TEXAS. BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,

  • Deposit

    HANDBOOK NO. 2, JANUARY 1971, 48PP.

  • Deposit

    MODERN SULPHUR MINING. TEXAS GULF SULPHUR CO., NEW YORK,

  • Deposit

    N.Y., 1952, 24PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MICROFILM COMPILATION OF CONFIDENTIAL

  • Deposit

    INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS.

  • Deposit

    HAZLETON, JARED E, 1970, THE ECONOMICS OF THE SULPHUR

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY PUBLISHED BY RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE, INC.

  • Deposit

    FIELD TRIP NOTES FROM JOE SOPER AND MIKE SAWYER FOR VISIT TO

  • Deposit

    COMANCHE CREEK, SEPT. 1982.

  • Deposit

    ELF AQUITAINE, INC. 1983 ANNUAL REPORT. P. 12.

  • Deposit

    KURT LINN, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, TEXASGULF INC.;

  • Deposit

    10/14/87 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH LEE OSMONSON.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL

  • Deposit

    COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1982 AND

  • Deposit

    1983).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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