Maverick Salt Lake Mine

Past Producer in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodity Halite
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063198
MRDS ID TC36857
Record type Site
Current site name Maverick Salt Lake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.01302, 31.70849 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.5 MILES SSE OF SALT FLAT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salt Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dell City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt Basin(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hudspeth

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES SOUTH OF ZIMPLEMAN SALT LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.01302, 31.70849

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to bottom 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alkali-Salt Lake In A Closed Basin.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years TO ABOUT 1900.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. A. Maverick

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAKE IS ABOUT 1 MILE LONG AND 0.25 MILES WIDE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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