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Seven Heart Gap Mine

Producer in Culberson county in Texas, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10085757
MRDS ID W701393
Record type Site
Current site name Seven Heart Gap Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.488, 31.25517 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MI (40 KM) NE OF VAN HORN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Culberson(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dome Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt Draw(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Culberson

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTIONS 5, 6, AND 7, BLOCK 62, AND SECTION 29, BLOCK 87, PUBLIC SCHOOL LAND SURVEY (H.S. FOSTER RANCH)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Anhydrite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Replacement Of Anhydrite By Barite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 236
USGS model code 32f
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted epigenetic barite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Castile Formation (Within 33 Ft [10 M] Of Base)
    Rock description Castile Formation (Within 33 Ft [10 M] Of Base)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.488, 31.25517
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description High-Angle, North-Northwest-Trending Faults And Solution Collapse Features Complicate The Regional Structure.

Comments on the geologic information

  • WAS SUGGESTED THAT CONNATE WATERS (POSSIBLY BRINES) INTRODUCED BARIUM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1930

Mining district

District name Seven Heart Gap

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: FEW THOUSAND TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE: AVERAGE 27% BARITE.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION 1978-1979, 1981. PRODUCTION IN LATE 1950'S AND EARLY 1960'S.

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.

  • Deposit

    UNIV TEX PUB 4301, P. 106-108.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE (PERHAPS FORMERLY ANHYDRITE) BEDS AND OF THE MATRIX OF BRECCIAS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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