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Brown Prospects

Occurrence in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095476
MRDS ID M054813
MAS/MILS ID 480430012
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Prospects
Alternate or previous names Brown
Related records 10300204

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -103.60056, 29.31789 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MI E OF TERLINGUA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terlingua(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Terlingua(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 Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • A GROUP OF 8 FULL AND 6 FRACTIONAL CLAIMS IN SEC 286, BLK G-4.
  • Location not rectified with section and lat/long coordinates. Deleted MAS record gave coordinates as 29.3256, -103.5953 (WGS 84)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -103.60056, 29.31789
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Terlingua

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Guy E. Brown

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 100 FT SHAFT, SEVERAL SHORT TRENCHES AND SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHESTER, J. W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 312

  • Deposit

    TX BEG MRC-73, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    FIELD WORK BY R.G. YATES, J.F. MCALLISTER, AND G.A. THOMPSON 1942-45

  • Deposit

    YATES RG AND G A THOMPSON, 1959, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TERLINGUA DISTRICT, TEXAS: USGS PP-312.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS TREND NE TO E-W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-09-01 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-10-26 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10300204.
Reporter 1983-11-18 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0480430012

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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