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Pokorny Ranch Prospect

Occurrence in Culberson county in Texas, United States with commodity Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085581
MRDS ID W701194
Record type Site
Current site name Pokorny Ranch Prospect
Alternate or previous names Pokorny South

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.35911, 31.91154 (WGS84)
Relative position 27 MI (43 KM) W OF ORLA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Culberson(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guadalupe Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Delaware(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Culberson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore
Anhydrite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Celestite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bioepogenetic Replacement Of Anhydrock By Calcite And Sulfur

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 256
USGS model code 35a.8
Deposit model name Stratabound sulfur

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Castile Formation
    Rock description Castile Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.35911, 31.91154
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range (Mmio) Extensional Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 548.64M
    Width 350.52M
    Depth to top 203M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Solution Collapse Structures Along Ne Trending Normal Faults And A N15w Cross Structure.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer University Of New Mexico

Mining district

District name Rustler Springs Sulfur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Addwest Minerals, Inc.
    First year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Texaco Inc.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE POTENTIAL IS GREATER THAN 2 MILLION LT SULFUR

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED ACCIDENTALLY DURING UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CORE TEST DRILLING OF CASTILE FORMATION. SUBSEQUENTLY EXPLORED BY TEXAXCO (5 DRILL HOLES, GRAVITY SURVEY, 1969), U.S. BORAX (8 HOLES, GEOCHEMISTRY, 1986), AND ADDWEST MINERALS (57 HOLES, GRAVITY SURVEY, 1990-1991)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.

  • Deposit

    KLEMMICK, G.F., 1992, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE POKORNY DEPOSIT, CULBERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, IN WESSEL, G.R., AND WIMBERLY, B.H., EDS., NATIVE SULFUR, DEVELOPMENTS IN GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION: LITTLETON, COLO., SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, P. 109-123.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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