| Deposit ID | 10085703 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701334 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Burdett Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -102.96712, 29.98993 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 22 MI (36 KM) SE OF MARATHON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Brewster(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pine Mountain West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dove Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Francisco(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Brewster |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||
| Rock unit name | Mississippian-Devonian Caballos Formation Or Pennsylvanian Tesnus Formation | ||
| Rock description | Mississippian-Devonian Caballos Formation Or Pennsylvanian Tesnus Formation | ||
| |||
| (1) | Tesnus Formation |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Marathon Region |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701334 |
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
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED ON A SMALL ANTICLINE. MANGANESE OXIDES OCCUR IN A BED 2 TO 6 FT (0.6 TO 1.8 M) THICK, EXTENDING ALONG STRIKE FOR AT LEAST 250 FT (76 M). ALSO REPORTED SOME SILVER AND GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUARTZ AND ARSENOPYRITE FROM THIS LOCALITY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1990 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1993 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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