Mohawk Mine

Past Producer in Culberson county in Texas, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085783
MRDS ID W701428
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.95718, 31.16239 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MI (10 KM) NNE OF ALLAMOORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheep Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt Basin(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Culberson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Goethite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite-Stained, Bleached Sandstone

Analytical data

Result KNOWN CU/AG RATIO IS 52 BY WEIGHT.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Hazel Formation
    Rock description Hazel Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.95718, 31.16239

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E, N25E
    Dip STEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1922
Year of last production 1934

Mining district

District name Van Horn-Allamoore District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period 1922-1934
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Recovered: 1.1% Cu, 8.8 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 249g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1934
    Period 1922-1934
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Recovered: 3.5% Cu, 20 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 565g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct

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

    TX BEG, RI 145

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983, P. 73; TX BEG RI 145, P. 3.

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.

External references