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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10085700
MRDS ID W701330
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Occurrence Near Dog Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.84489, 29.58134 (WGS84)
Relative position 48 MI (78 KM) SSE OF MARATHON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bourland Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maravillas(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTEDLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF ONE OF THE RIDGES ON THE EAST SIDE OF MARAVILLAS CREEK, NEAR THE MOUTH OF DOG CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Santa Elena Limestone
    Rock description Santa Elena Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer J.A. Udden

Mining district

District name Black Gap Area

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 VEIN IS 5 TO 6 FT (1.5 TO 1.8 M) WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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