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Canyon Group Prospect

Prospect 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040141
MRDS ID M054812
MAS/MILS ID 480430014
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Group Prospect
Alternate or previous names Canyon Group
Related records 10130037

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -103.70611, 29.3415 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position NE4 of Sec. 42. There are 2 propsects marked on pl. 1. Coordinates are for the SW one, or nearby.

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 42, BLK G-12. NE4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

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

Approximate (1) -103.70611, 29.3415
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Solution Collapse At Contact Between Limestone And Clay.

Comments on the geologic information

  • shaft sunk through the GRAYSON FORMATION into the DEVILS RIVER LIMESTONE
  • 400 ft drift follows a fault zone along which there has been some movement and alteration of the limestone close to the undulating base of the grayson. The zone contains some iron oxide and calcite, but the only cinnabar reported to have been found was at the bottom of the shaft.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Terlingua

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 24.38M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings 80 ft shaft, 400 ft drift

Comments on the workings information

  • A WINDING DRIFT MORE THAN 400 FT LONG EXTENDS N60W OF AN 80 FT DEEP SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED 1929-1934. Group of 5 claims.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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 2012-10-26 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record
Reporter 1983-11-18 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0480430014 = 10130037

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