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Burney Mine

Past Producer in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085729
MRDS ID W701362
Record type Site
Current site name Burney Mine
Alternate or previous names Canyon Mine
Related records 10300376

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.51244, 29.90104 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MI (41 KM) NNW OF PRESIDIO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sierra Parda(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Presidio

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 38, BLOCK 6, F.H.&S.P. RR SURVEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization And Argillic Alteration (Kaolinite And Montmorillonite)

Analytical data

Result DIAMOND DRILLING BY THE U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INTERSECTED ONLY LOW-GRADE MINERALIZATION ALONG THE VEIN: UP TO 2.5 OZ AG/TON, UP TO 1.9% PB, AND UP TO 3.5% ZN IN SEPARATE SAMPLES. SAMPLES FROM THE ADIT AVERAGED 1.8 OZ AG/TON, 1.9% PB, 1.6% ZN, AND 9.0% CAF2.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name West Chinati Stock
    Rock description West Chinati Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.51244, 29.90104
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike APPROXIMATELY E-W
    Dip 80-90 DEG S
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLICKENSIDES INDICATE SOME LEFT-LATERAL STRIKE-SLIP MOVEMENT ALONG THE VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Chinati Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: AT LEAST 9.5 TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH DRIFTS ON 200 LEVEL

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING IN 1890'S; INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION FROM 1935 TO 1942.

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 VEIN IS A FEW IN TO 2 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-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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