| Deposit ID | 10040131 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054801 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 480430037 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rio Grande Prospect (Sec. 70, Block 341) |
| Related records | 10178667 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.65389, 29.30956 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 914 |
| Relative position | 3 MI W OF TERLINGUA. There is a shaft and adit labeled "Mine" about 40 m apart southwest of hill 3302. Coordinates are for the shaft. |
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 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Santa Elena | ||||
| Rock description | Santa Elena | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -103.65389, 29.30956 |
|---|
| Strike | N75E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 85N |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Terlingua |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Owens, A. E. |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rio Grande Quicksilver Co. |
| Home office | Texas |
| Year | 1979 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | shaft |
| Overall depth | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M054801 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 480430037 | =10178667, merged and deleted. |
CHESTER, J. W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252
TX BEG MRC-73, P. 24.
FIELD WORK BY R.G. YATES, J.F. MCALLISTER, AND G.A. THOMPSON, 1942-45
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WORKINGS FOLLOW N75E 85N FAULT WITH SLICKENSIDES PLUNGING 20E. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1976-09-01 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 1992-10-01 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2012-11-01 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | Merged and deleted duplicate record 10178667. Distinguished between Rio Grande prospects that are not duplicates. |
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Garner | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0480430037 = 10178667 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.