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Love Pass Prospects

Occurrence in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085670
MRDS ID W701297
Record type Site
Current site name Love Pass Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.49414, 31.19461 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI (13 KM) W 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

Lasca(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
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Tourmalinization Of Feldspar And Mafic Minerals In Granite; Sericitization; Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Oligocene Stock
    Rock description Oligocene Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Oligocene Stock
    Rock description Oligocene Stock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.49414, 31.19461
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike VEINS STRIKING N75E
    Dip VEINS DIPPING VERTICALLY

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE WALL ROCK IS A GRANITE THAT OCCURS WITHIN THE LARGER QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK OF THE QUITMAN MOUNTAINS.

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 SOME OF THE VEINS ARE OF A COARSE BRECCIA.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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