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Mariscal Mine

Past Producer 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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040388
MRDS ID M055139
MAS/MILS ID 480430054
Record type Site
Current site name Mariscal Mine
Alternate or previous names Viviana Mine, Mariscal, Ellis, Lindsey, Ellis and Lindsey Claims
Related records 10276024

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.19028, 29.09735 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 30 MI SE OF TERLINGUA, AT N END OF MARISCAL MOUNTAIN RANGE. Coordinates approx. between the two adits shown on topo south of the road. There is a shaft on top of the ridge approx. 500 m to the south.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariscal Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Bend(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Big Bend National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • SEC 33, BLK G-3. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 5 PATENTED CLAIMS, 103 AC IN AREA TOTAL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Boquillas Formation
    Rock description Boquillas Formation

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Aguja Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Thrust-Faulted Asymmetrical Anticline

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A THRUST-FAULTED ASYMMETRICAL ANTICLINE WITH A STEEP WEST FLANK IS CUT BY STEEP FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1917
Year of last production 1943
Production years 1917-1923; 1942-1943.

Mining district

District name Mariscal District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bob's Mining Co. Inc.
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mariscal Mining Co.
    First year 1924
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. N. Pulliam

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO DEVELOPED ORE RESOURCES KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 133.2M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings shallow shafts, more than 2,000 ft of workings

Comments on the workings information

  • A 438 FT SHAFT, 200 FT TUNNEL.

Comments on development

  • ACQUIRED BY MARISCAL MINING CO. 1919. ; ECON.COM: A 50 TPD SCOTT FURNACE BUILT 1922.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Location

    Bailey, E.H., 1962, Mercury in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-30, 8 p. pamphlet, scale 1:3,168,000.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Deposit

    Price, J.G., Henry, C.D., and Standen, A.R., 1983, Annotated bibliography of mineral deposits in Trans-Pecos, Texas: [Texas] Bureau of Economic Geology, Mineral Resource Circular No. 73, 108 p.

  • Production

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    MINES HANDBOOK N. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE FILLING OCCURS ALONG A VERTICAL FISSURE AND THRUST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-11-01 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-09-01 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-01 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10276024
Reporter 1983-11-18 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0480430054 = 10276024. MAS 0480430032 = 10300257.

Beyond USGS

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