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Grant Mine

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085584
MRDS ID W701197
Record type Site
Current site name Grant Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.40717, 31.84322 (WGS84)
Relative position 29 MI (46 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

Delaware 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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.40717, 31.84322
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Rustler Springs Sulfur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NATURAL KARST CAVERN, SHAFT-LIKE IN SHAPE.

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

    PORCH, E.L., JR., 1917, THE RUSTLER SPRINGS SULFUR DEPOSITS: UNIV. TEXAS BULLETIN 1722, 71 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 30 M DEEP NATURAL KARST CAVERN LINED WITH A 10 CM LAYER OF NATIVE SULFUR. H2S GAS STILL ISSUES IN LARGE QUANTITIES FROM THE MINED OUT WORKINGS.

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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