| Deposit ID | 10085695 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701325 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | El Paso Mine |
| Related records | 10300360 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.48778, 31.93597 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1509 |
| Relative position | 9 MI (15 KM) N OF EL PASO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
El Paso(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
North Franklin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
El Paso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
El Paso(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)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | El Paso |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Plagioclase | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sphene | Gangue |
| Topaz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Model code | 47 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 15b |
| Deposit model name | Sn veins |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Red Bluff Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Red Bluff Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -106.48778, 31.93597 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | E-W TO N65W |
| Dip | NEARLY VERTICAL |
| Length | 396.24M |
| Width | 0.61M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1899 |
| Year of first production | 1909 |
| Year of last production | 1912 |
| District name | Franklin Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701325 |
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.
HARBOUR, 1972, USGS BULL 1298, P. 76-77.
EXAMINED BY R.L. HARBOUR BETWEEN 1955 AND 1959
CIMRI
USGS BULL 1298, P. 76.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SIX VEINS NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE MOUNTAIN FRONT THAT PINCH OUT UPWARD AND DOWNWARD. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD INCORPORATES DATA FROM DUPLICATE MRDS RECORD NO. D001353 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT (73 06) WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1990 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1992 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.