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Stauber 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. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085717
MRDS ID W701348
Record type Site
Current site name Stauber Mine
Related records 10202950

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.34743, 29.803 (WGS84)
Elevation 1237
Relative position 2 MI (4 KM) WSW 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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.34743, 29.803
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • OUTCROPPING CRETACEOUS PRESIDIO FORMATION COVERS THE MORE FAVORABLE PERMIAN HOST ROCK.

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

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE PRODUCTION, PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 TONS.

Comments on the workings information

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

Comments on development

  • 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

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POSSIBLY VEIN (NUMEROUS FAULTS AND CALCITE VEINS AT SURFACE).

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

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

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