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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Culberson county in Texas, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085763
MRDS ID W701400
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.77718, 31.98376 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position 65 MI (105 KM) N 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

Guadalupe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Guadalupe Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pecos-Black(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Guadalupe Mountains National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Culberson

Comments on the location information

  • OCCURRENCE LOCATED NEAR PRATT LODGE AND AT THE BOTTOM OF MCKITTRICK CANYON, WHERE BLUE CRYSTALLINE FLUORITE OCCURS IN VUGS IN DARK LIMESTONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bell Canyon Formation
    Rock description Bell Canyon Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.77718, 31.98376
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BLUE CRYSTALLINE FLUORITE OCCURS IN VUGS IN DARK LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guadalupe Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Park

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

    VISITED BY PHILIP KING IN 1934

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS LOW GRADE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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