| Deposit ID | 10085752 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701388 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | White Mountain Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Mueller Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.16521, 30.01327 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 16 MI (26 KM) W OF FORT DAVIS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Presidio(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
San Esteban Lake SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Marfa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Marfa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Alamito(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Jeff Davis |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Primary |
| Kaolin | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Kaolinite | Ore |
| Rutile | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 164 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25l.2 |
| Deposit model name | Hydrothermal kaolin |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Wild Cherry Formation | ||||||
| Rock description | Wild Cherry Formation | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff |
| (1) | -104.16521, 30.01327 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Davis Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701388 |
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
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RUTILE OCCURS AS SEGREGATED PODS AND PATHCES IN TUFF AND AS MINUTE CRYSTALS DISSEMINATED IN SILICIFIED TUFF. KAOLINITE OCCURS AS LARGE MASSES IN ALTERED TUFF. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1991 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1993 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.