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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085604
MRDS ID W701219
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Comments on the site identification

  • MRC-73, p. 24, identifies this site as EM-BR-V24-5.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -103.75667, 29.36456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1265
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 10 MI (16 KM) WNW OF TERLINGUA. At least two sites shown on topo in this area are labeled Prospect or Prospects. Coordinates appear to plot between the two locations.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lajitas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black Hills-Fresno(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 Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECTS DEPICTED ON U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -103.75667, 29.36456
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Terlingua Mercury District

Land status

Ownership category Private

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1990-03-01 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-10-01 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-06 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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