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Kiam Prospect

Occurrence in Llano county in Texas, United States with commodities Bismuth, Molybdenum, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009230
MRDS ID D001991
Record type Site
Current site name Kiam Prospect
Related records 10159424

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.52561, 30.63438 (WGS84)
Elevation 293
Relative position 5.5 MI S75W OF KINGSLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Llano(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cap Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Llano(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Llano

Comments on the location information

  • PEGMATITE DIKE CROSSES HONEY CREEK 0.4 MI DOWNSTREAM FROM BRIDGE ON TEXAS HIGHWAY 71.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Muscovite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.52561, 30.63438
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 762M
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Burnet-Llano

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH IN U.S.: USGS MR - 22

  • Deposit

    STENZEL, H.B., AND BARNES, V.E., 1939, A BISMUTH-MOLYBDENUM PROSPECT (KIAM PROSPECT) OF LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS UNIV. BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY BULLETIN 3945, P. 911-922.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CAP MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GQ 45, 24 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP DIMENSIONS
Deposit THIS RECORD INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000627 BY R.U. KING (74 08) WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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