| Deposit ID | 10040137 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054807 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 480430023 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Le Roi Prospect |
| Related records | 10276130 |
| Point of reference | Pit |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.62306, 29.30789 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 869 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 1 MI SW OF TERLINGUA. Along or near the base of the cliff that forms the south wall of the Long Draw graben. Coordinates are within 100 m of adit on topo on north side of Reed Plateau. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Brewster(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Terlingua(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 |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Santa Elena | ||||
| Rock description | Santa Elena | ||||
| |||||
| Pit (1) | Buda Limestone and Del Rio Clay, undivided |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Terlingua |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 10.67M |
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | trenches |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M054807 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 470430023 | = newMRDS 10276130, merged and deleted. |
CHESTER, J. W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252
TX BEG MRC-73, P. 19.
FIELD WORK BY R.G. YATES, J.F. MCALLISTER, AND G.A. THOMPSON 1942-45
CIMRI
| 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 10276130. |
| Reporter | 2012-11-18 | Garner | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0480430023 = 10276130. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.