| Deposit ID | 10085728 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701361 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Loma Plata Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Silver Dome Mountain Prospect, Big Mine |
| Related records | 10178781 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.568, 30.10854 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 36 MI (58 KM) SW OF MARFA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Presidio(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ruidosa Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Marfa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Marfa(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Presidio |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Montmorillonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Loma Plata Limestone (Upper Part) |
| Rock description | Loma Plata Limestone (Upper Part) |
| (1) | -104.568, 30.10854 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1947 |
| Year of last production | 1949 |
| Production years | 1947-1949 |
| District name | Loma Plata |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Marfa Mining Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701361 |
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
CIMRI
PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HYDROTHERMAL PIPES OR SOLUTION-COLLAPSE ZONES; SOME VEINS. |
| Deposit | INCLUDES DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002532 BY WILLIAM J. HASLER (77 05) WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1991 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1993 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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