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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. 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 10085709
MRDS ID W701340
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.80797, 29.43579 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MI (23 KM) NW OF TERLINGUA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Solitario(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black Hills-Fresno(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 Presidio

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Manganite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hematite Haloes On Vein

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.80797, 29.43579
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REPORTED THAT SILVER-LEAD ORE WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF GOLD WAS SHIPPED FROM A LOCALITY IN PRESIDIO COUNTY IN THE SOLITARIO, BUT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN FROM ANOTHER LOCALITY NEARBY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name The Solitario

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; VERTICAL, 1 FT (0.3 M) WIDE.

Reporter information

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

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