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Unnamed Mine

Past Producer in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085810
MRDS ID W701463
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.03051, 30.91018 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MI (24 KM) SW OF VAN HORN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Mountains NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Indian Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marfa(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 Hudspeth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Lower Rhyolite
    Rock description Lower Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Eagle Mountains Sandstone;Lower Rhyolite
    Rock description Eagle Mountains Sandstone;Lower Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.03051, 30.91018
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Along Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years EARLY 1920'S

Mining district

District name Eagle Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: APPROXIMATELY 5 TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE

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

    USGS BULL 987, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY H.E. ROTHROCK AND ELLIOT GILLERMAN BETWEEN 1943 AND 1946

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ALONG FAULT STRIKING N85W.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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