Papaloti South Prospect

Occurrence in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, Copper

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10085746
MRDS ID	W701379
Record type	Site
Current site name	Papaloti South Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-104.32938, 29.96132 (WGS84)
Relative position	30 MI (48 KM) SW OF MARFA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cieneguita(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

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Molybdenum	Primary
Lead	Primary
Zinc Critical	Primary
Copper	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Galena	Ore
Molybdenite	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore
Anhydrite	Gangue
Garnet	Gangue
Plagioclase	Gangue
Pyrite	Gangue
Pyrrhotite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	59
USGS model code	18b
Deposit model name	Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number	8

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Rock unit name

Ojo Bonito Intrusion

Rock description

Ojo Bonito Intrusion

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pennsylvanian
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pennsylvanian
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Oligocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Oligocene

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
Rock unit name	Cieneguita Formation
Rock description	Cieneguita Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-104.32938, 29.96132	ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

Along Contact With Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

THIS IS THE "PYROXENITE SILL" REPORTED BY RIX (1953). THE MINERALIZED LAYER IS LESS THAN 3 FT (1 M) THICK AND OCCURS BETWEEN TWO SILLS OF QUARTZ MONZONITE, WHICH ARE OFFSHOOTS OF THE OJO BONITO INTRUSION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Infiernito Caldera

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Comments on development

ALONG THE EASTERN CONTACT OF THE OJO BONITO INTRUSION INTO THE CIENEGUITA FORMATION, APPROXIMATELY 2,000 TO 4,000 FT (600 TO 1,200 M) SOUTH OF THIS PROSPECT, OTHER PROSPECT PITS WERE DUG IN QUARTZ-PYRITE VEINS, SILICEOUS GOSSAN IN DOLOMITE, AND LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W701379

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

RIX, C.C., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE CHINATI PEAK QUADRANGLE, TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: UNPUB. PHD DISSERTATION, UNIV. TEXAS AUSTIN, 188 P.
Other Database

CIMRI

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-1991	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.