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Spofford Occurrence

Occurrence in Kinney 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 10063027
MRDS ID TC36641
Record type Site
Current site name Spofford Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.39205, 29.18358 (WGS84)
Elevation 293
Relative position 2 MI ENE OF SPOFFORD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kinney(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spofford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Del Rio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Del Rio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Turkey(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Kinney

Comments on the location information

  • AT S END EARTHEN TANK DAM. 700 FT N OF A HIGH LINE IN WOLF HILL PASTURE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Austin
    Rock description Austin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Upson Clay
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Louis Hobbs

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVANS, G.L., 1945, BARITE DEPOSITS IN TEXAS, IN TEXAS MINERAL RESOURCES: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4301, P. 109

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRYSTALLINE MASSES OF BARITE UP TO 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND VEINLETS OF BARITE FILLING FRACTURES UP TO 5 IN WIDE. EXTENT OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN DUE TO ALLUVIAL COVER.

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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