Ojo Bonito Prospect

Occurrence in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085747
MRDS ID W701380
Record type Site
Current site name Ojo Bonito Prospect
Alternate or previous names Wood Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.35827, 29.97465 (WGS84)
Relative position 31 MI (49 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
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Anhydrite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Intermediate Argillic Alteration (Montmorillonite, Quartz, Minor Kaolinite-Group Mineral, Pyrite) Locally Next To Vein; Propylitic Alteration (Chlorite, Kaolinite-Group Mineral, Montmorillonite, Quartz, Pyrite, Calcite) In Broad Zone Beyond The Advanced Argillic Alteration

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 > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Ojo Bonito Intrusion
    Rock description Ojo Bonito Intrusion
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Cieneguita Formation
    Rock description Cieneguita Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.35827, 29.97465

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N17E
    Dip STEEPLY TO THE WEST

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

  • INTERMITTENT PROSPECTING FROM 1930'S TO 1983.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CROPS OUT DISCONTINUOUSLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FT (600 M) ALONG STRIKE. IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE OUTCROP, A ROOF PENDANT OF THE CIENEGUITA FORMATION IS SURROUNDED BY AND CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS. MOST OF THE WALL ROCK IS, HOWEVER, QUARTZ MONZ0NITE.

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.