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Unnamed Mine

Past Producer in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10085710
MRDS ID W701341
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.79714, 29.42884 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MI (22 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
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Along Vein; Kaolinitization Of Rhyolite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.79714, 29.42884
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On Or Near Contact Between Tuff And Rhyolite Intrusion

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. NOTED GOLD IN ASSAYS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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, STRIKING N70E, DIPPING 90 DEG, APPROXIMATELY 1.6 FT (0.5 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

Beyond USGS

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

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