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Howard Draw Mine

Past Producer in Val Verde county in Texas, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063024
MRDS ID TC36638
Record type Site
Current site name Howard Draw Mine
Related records 10203256

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.55041, 30.18354 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position SOUTH OF PANDALE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Val Verde(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pandale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Devils Draw(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sonora(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Howard Draw(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Val Verde

Comments on the location information

  • ON S SIDE HOWARD DRAW 300-850 FT N OF FIRST PANDALE-LANGTRY RD CROSSING. NOT SHOWN ON MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Edwards Limestone
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years BEFORE 1945, 1952

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mills Ranch

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: BARITE MINED IN 1952 WAS SOLD TO MILWHITE CO., HOUSTON, TEXAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, R.A., 1962, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH TEXAS: TX BEG RI 43, P 12

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MAXWELL (1962), P. 12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL LENSES AND VEINLETS OF FINELY-CRYSTALLINE BARITE TO CLAY-FILLED SOLUTION CAVITIES IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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