| Deposit ID | 10085808 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701461 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Eagle Mine |
| Related records | 10203082 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.1483, 30.89851 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 21 MI (33 KM) SW OF VAN HORN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hudspeth(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eagle Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Indian Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Marfa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Cibolo-Red Light(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Hudspeth |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Bluff Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Bluff Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -105.1483, 30.89851 |
|---|
| Strike | N80W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 68 DEG. S |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1940 |
| Discoverer | A.J. Nassamer (Yodina Mining Co.) |
| Year of first production | 1940 |
| Year of last production | 1940 |
| Production years | 1940 |
| District name | Eagle Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Yodina Mining Co. |
| First year | 1947 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701461 |
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.
USGS BULL 987, 98 P.
EXAMINED BY H.E. ROTHROCK AND ELLIOT GILLERMAN BETWEEN 1943 AND 1946
CIMRI
USGS BULL 987, P. 53.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AVERAGE WIDTH OF VEIN IS 4.5 FT (1.4 M). MINERALIZED ALONG STRIKE FOR AT LEAST 250 FT (80 M) AND TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 180 FT (55 M). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1991 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1992 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.