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Burns and Fairchild Occurrence

Occurrence in Brown county in Texas, United States with commodities Strontium, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062608
MRDS ID TC36135
Record type Site
Current site name Burns and Fairchild Occurrence
Related records 10251652

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.89563, 31.87656 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brown(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

May(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Comanche(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brownwood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecan Bayou(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Concho(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brown

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Strontium Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Celestite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 249
USGS model code 35a.1
Deposit model name Bedded celestite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Trinity Group
    Rock description Trinity Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.89563, 31.87656
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.08M
    Length 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Brown District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Burns, B. F. Fairchild

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4301, P. 113-131

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CELESTITE-BEARING BED 2 TO 3 IN THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Long, Keith U.S. Geological Survey

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