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Gleim Mine

Past Producer in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085716
MRDS ID W701347
Record type Site
Current site name Gleim Mine
Related records 10154486

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.33132, 29.79939 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI (3 KM) SW OF SHAFTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shafter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibolo-Red Light(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Presidio

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 6, BLOCK 8, HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RR SURVEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Presidio Formation
    Rock description Presidio Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.33132, 29.79939
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip STEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shafter Silver District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. M. Gleim
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 ST PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS, SHAFTS, SEVERAL 100 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • DATE OF EARLY WORK UNCERTAIN. ACTIVE 1926 TO 1928 OR 1929.

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.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 928-B, 125 P.

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY CLYDE P. ROSS, W.E. CARTWRIGHT, AND C.H. COLDWELL, 1934

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALCITE VEIN WITH STEEP DIP EXPOSED IN SURFACE PIT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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