Feely Prospect

Occurrence in Val Verde county in Texas, United States with commodity Manganese
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. 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 10063207
MRDS ID TC36876
Record type Site
Current site name Feely Prospect
Related records 10227091

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.13373, 29.56829 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF FEELY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Val Verde(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Box Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Comstock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Del Rio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Amistad Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Val Verde

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTIONS 44 AND 52, BLOCK N, GH AND SA RAILROAD CO. SURVEY NOT SHOWN ON MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5% MNO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Buda;Boquillas
    Rock description Buda;Boquillas
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. Allen

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED BEFORE 1918 AND AGAIN IN 1942 BY WORKS PROJECT ADMINISTRATION.

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 MANGANESE OXIDES ALONG A FRACTURE.

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.