| Deposit ID | 60000975 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055148 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Terlingua District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.6778, 29.3278 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE FOR CENTER OF DISTRICT. DISTRICT LOCATED IN BLOCK G4, SECTIONS 216, 238, 295 AND BLOCK G12, SECTIONS 38, 59, 70. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Brewster(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Amarilla Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Terlingua(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Brewster |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| (1) | -103.6778, 29.3278 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | ASYMMETRIC TERLINGUA ANTICLINE WITH A NARROW ZONE OF STEEP DIPS ON ITS SW SIDE TRENDS NW THROUGH THE DISTRICT |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1840 |
| Discoverer | Native Americans |
| Year of first production | 1888 |
| Year of last production | 1973 |
| District name | TERLINGUA DISTRICT |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORP. |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | ANCHOR MINING CO. |
YATES, R.G., AND THOMPSON, G.A., 1959, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TERLINGUA DISTRICT, TEXAS: USGS PP 312
RAGSDALE, K.B., 1976, QUICKSILVER: TERLINGUA AND THE CHISOS MINING COMPANY: TEXAS AND M PRESS, 327 P.
SHARPE, ROGER D., 1980, DEVELOPMENT OF THE MERCURY MINING INDUSTRY: TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR 64, 32 P.
PRICE, J.G., HENRY, C.D., AND STANDEN, A.R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR 73, 108 P.
Bailey, E.H., 1962, Mercury in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-30, 8 p. pamphlet, scale 1:3,168,000.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | 2012-11-07 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey |
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