| Deposit ID | 10040136 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054806 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 480430028 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lowe Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Lowe |
| Related records | 10178756 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.7358, 29.3594 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1128 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | 8 MI WNW OF TERLINGUA on NW side of Black Meas north of Contrabando Creek in Lowes Valley. Coordinates for area with visible ground disturbance on satellite imagery. |
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)
Black Hills-Fresno(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 |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Marcasite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Santa Elena Limestone |
| Rock description | Santa Elena Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Main Entrance (1) | -103.7358, 29.3594 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | Lowe |
| District name | Terlingua |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | short adits, pits, trenches |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M054806 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 480430028 | = newMRDS 10178756, merged and deleted. |
CHESTER, J. W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252
TX BEG MRC-73, P. 20.
EXAMINED BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 1934.
EXAMINED BY R.G. YATES, J.F. MCALLISTER, AND G.A. THOMPSOM, 1942-1945.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FREACTURE FILLINGS AND DISSEMINATED CINNABAR IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE AND BRECCIA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1976-09-01 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 1992-09-01 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2012-10-31 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted duplicate record 10178756 |
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Garner | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0480430028 = 10178756. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.