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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085758
MRDS ID W701394
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.25605, 31.1474 (WGS84)
Relative position 35 MI (56 KM) ENE 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

Panther Canyon(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

  • APPROXIMATELY 1 MI (1.6 KM) WEST OF THE MOUTH OF HURD CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Tansill Formation
    Rock description Tansill Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.25605, 31.1474
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS OCCURRENCE OF BARITE WAS NOTED IN CALCAREOUS FAULT BRECCIA APPROXIMATELY 1 MI (1.6 KM) WEST OF THE MOUTH OF HURD CANYON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven Heart Gap

Land status

Ownership category Private

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 BARITE IN CALCAREOUS FAULT BRECCIA.

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

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