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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodities Iron, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085811
MRDS ID W701465
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Prospect On Bramblett Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.2658, 30.83768 (WGS84)
Relative position 24 MI (38 KM) S OF SIERRA BLANCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Hot Springs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hudspeth

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITIES: POSSIBLY IRON OR SILVER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Finlay Limestone
    Rock description Finlay Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.2658, 30.83768
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern Quitman Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • ONLY HEMATITE AND LIMONITE WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE FRACTURE, BUT THE PROSPECT PIT MAY HAVE BEEN DUG IN SEARCH OF SILVER.

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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