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Coltrin's Camp Occurrence

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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040140
MRDS ID M054811
Record type Site
Current site name Coltrin's Camp Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Coltrinis Camp
Related records 10275594

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -103.64222, 29.31345 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 2 MI WSW OF TERLINGUA. Coordinates are for original MRDS record. MAS record puts deposit at 29.2944, -103.6358, or about 2500 m to the SSW. Did not determine which (if either) location is more correct.

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. 68, BLK 341

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -103.64222, 29.31345
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Terlingua

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHESTER, J. W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    YATES AND THOMPSON, 1959, USGS PP 312

  • Deposit

    TX BEG MRC-73, P. 24.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Comments on the references

  • A B Wilson was unable to find any mentio of this mine in Prof. Paper 312.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR VEINS IN SHALE AND LIMESTONE

Reporter information

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 2012-10-26 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record.
Reporter 1983-11-18 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0480430017

Beyond USGS

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

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