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Spar Valley

Past Producer in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098124
MRDS ID I005026
Record type Site
Current site name Spar Valley
Related records 10100557

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.04802, 30.93824 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Mountains NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Indian Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marfa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt Basin(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hudspeth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Fluoritization, Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Finlay Limestone
    Rock description Finlay Lst

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Fluorite Co.
    First year 1946

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 26000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 40 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1946
    Total resources 13000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 45 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1946

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: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR 73, 108 P

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983; EVANS, 1946.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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