Murrah Cave Prospect

Occurrence in Val Verde county in Texas, United States with commodity Nitrogen-Nitrates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063205
MRDS ID TC36873
Record type Site
Current site name Murrah Cave Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.43097, 29.79884 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Val Verde(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shumla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Comstock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Del Rio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecos(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Amistad National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Val Verde

Comments on the location information

  • 15 MILES FROM RIO GRANDE IN EAST WALL PECOS RIVER CANYON. NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP. LAT-LONG IS A POINT 15 MILES UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE OF RIO GRANDE AND PECOS RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Buda Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NATURAL CAVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, R.A., 1962, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPT. INVEST. 43, P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2-3 FT GUANO ON CAVE FLOOR ABOUT 120 FT FROM CAVE ENTRANCE.

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.