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H.S. Smith Mine

Producer in Gaines county in Texas, United States with commodity Bromine
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063133
MRDS ID TC36770
Record type Site
Current site name H.S. Smith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.29212, 32.84014 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gaines(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seminole(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hobbs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mustang Draw(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Gaines

Comments on the location information

  • 2.5 MI W FM 1067 ON FM 1066, THEN 1.2 MI S ON CNTY RD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Edwards Limestone
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ozark-Mahoning Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • BRINE WELLS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NA2SO4 RECOVERED BY EVAPORATION AND RECRYSTALLIZATION OF NATURAL BRINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUB. 4824, P. 162.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRINES EXTRACTED FROM CEDAR LAKE.

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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