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Lafarelle

Occurrence in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10040138
MRDS ID M054808
MAS/MILS ID 480430022
Record type Site
Current site name Lafarelle
Alternate or previous names La Farelle Prospect, La Farelle
Related records 10251502

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -103.69, 29.35011 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 MI WNW OF TERLINGUA. Uncertain where pit was. No mine symbols on Topo map in this area.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • IN SEC 32, BLK G-12
  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR LADRON PEAK, ELEVATION 9176 FEET. ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE AREA CODE IS 13020209. LAND STATUS IS MOSTLY BLM ADMINISTERED BUT ASLO INCLUDES PRIVATE LAND AND STATE SECTIONS. THE LADRONS MOUNTAINS ARE ROUGHLY TRIANGULAR AROUND THE BASE AND ABOUT 10 MILES LONG ON EACH SIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORTED BUT UNVERIFIED OCCURRENCE OF HG.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Santa Elena Limestone
    Rock description Santa Elena Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -103.69, 29.35011
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LADRONS MOUNTAINS CONSIST OF WESTWARD DIPPING FAULT BLOCKS OF PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OVERLYING PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE AND META-SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. TERTIARY SEDIMENTARY AND IGNEOUS ROCKS OVERLIE PALEOZOIC AND PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS ALONG THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAINS. MAJOR FAULTS STRIKE NORTHEAST TO NORTHWEST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Terlingua

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 9.14M
  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings two shallow pits

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT BY A MAN NAMED LAFARRELLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COATINGS ALONG FRACTURES AND BRECCIAS TRENDING N80W AND N70E.

Reporter information

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 10251502
Reporter 1983-11-18 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0480430022 = newMRDS10251502

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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