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Southwest Claims Quarry

Producer in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085629
MRDS ID W701248
Record type Site
Current site name Southwest Claims Quarry
Alternate or previous names Cyprus Mines Corp. Quarry
Related records 10154394

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.15024, 31.14378 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI (16 KM) W OF ALLAMOORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dome Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sierra Blanca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt Basin(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hudspeth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 67
USGS model code 18i
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted magnesite-talc

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Allamoore Formation
    Rock description Allamoore Formation)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.15024, 31.14378
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DARK-GRAY TO BLACK, FINELY LAMINATED TALC, SOME WITH SLIGHTLY GREENISH CAST, AND SPARSE QUARTZITE INTERBEDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Allamoore

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cyprus Minerals

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 01-MAR-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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