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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085668
MRDS ID W701295
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.52997, 31.13461 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 MI (17 KM) SSW OF SIERRA BLANCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver King Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sierra Blanca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hudspeth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result THERE WAS REPORTED 0.0016% TUNGSTEN AND 0.0008% MOLYBDENUM IN ONE SAMPLE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.52997, 31.13461
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike BRECCIA DIKE STRIKING N10W
    Dip 65W

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE WAS REPORTED A SIMILAR INTRUSIVE BRECCIA (PROBABLY A SILL) CONTAINING MINOR AMOUNTS OF SULFIDES IN THIS AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern Quitman Mountains

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA DIKE IS 10 T0 30 FT (3 TO 9 M) THICK.

Reporter information

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

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