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Sullivan Mine

Past Producer in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10085723
MRDS ID W701356
Record type Site
Current site name Sullivan Mine
Alternate or previous names Carr Mine
Related records 10300389

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.41938, 29.80439 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MI (11 KM) W OF SHAFTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Orona(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

  • LOCATED AT THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN SECTIONS 2 AND 3, BLOCK 7, HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RR CO. SURVEY. THIS PROPERTY SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE CARR PROSPECT ON THE CHINATI PEAK QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mina Grande Formation
    Rock description Mina Grande Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.41938, 29.80439
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years LATE 1940'S AND EARLY 1950'S

Mining district

District name Shafter Silver District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: MORE THAN 4,000 TONS; 15-35% PB; 3-6 OZ/TON AG; 0.05-0.09 OZ/TON AU.

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

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY MANTO.
Deposit THIS IS THE ONLY NATIVE LEAD LOCALITY IN TEXAS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1992 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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