Badu Hill Mine

Past Producer in Llano county in Texas, United States with commodities Feldspar, REE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065153
MRDS ID TC40188
Record type Site
Current site name Badu Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.47533, 30.7241 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 1 MI N OF BEVERLY, 5 MI N25W OF KINGSLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Llano(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingsland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Llano(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Llano

Comments on the location information

  • 2.3 MI W OF TX HWY 261 ON TX HWY 16, THEN 0.8 MI S.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microcline Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 63-69% SIO2, 19-20% AL2O3, 7-12% K2O, < 0.15% FE2O3, 0.02-0.05% MGO, 0.06-0.6 CAO, 3-4% NA2O, 0.13% P2O5.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 38
USGS model code 13e
Deposit model name Feldspar contained in pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Packsaddle Schist
    Rock description Packsaddle Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.47533, 30.7241

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 18.29M
    Length 213.36M
    Width 106.68M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer Tillie Badu Moss

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 0M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • HEIGHT: 15 FT. QUARRY

Comments on development

  • 3 HOLES DRILLED AND 6 TEST PITS DUG 1946 BY USBM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1945, FELDSPAR IN THE CENTRAL MINERAL REGION OF TEXAS, IN, TEXAS MINERAL RESOURCES: UNIV. TEXAS BULL. 4301, P. 93-104.

  • Deposit

    HUSEMAN, GW AND MCMILLAN, WD, 1947, BADU FELDSPAR DEPOSIT, LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS: USBM R1 4102, 11 P.

  • Deposit

    BARNES,V.E., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSLAND QUADRANGLE, LLANO AND BURNET COUNTIES, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GQ 41, 25 P.

  • Deposit

    CHELF, CR, 1942, A NEW FELDSPAR DEPOSIT IN LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MRSC 45, 5 P.

  • Deposit

    NON-USGS WORK: EXPLORED BY USBM/UNIV. TEXAS IN 1946.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    HUSEMAN AND MCMILLAN (1947).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT KNOWN FROM 1946 DRILLING TO EXTEND 28 TO 45 FT BELOW BOTTOM OF PIT (15 FT DEEP IN 1946).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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