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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096723
MRDS ID W701288
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.52331, 31.20184 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI (16 KM) W 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

Silver King Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sierra Blanca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(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

  • PROSPECT IS SHOWN ON U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. LOCATED 6 MI (9 KM) SOUTHEAST OF THE FINLEY GYPSUM MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Briggs Formation
    Rock description Briggs Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.52331, 31.20184
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Malone Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

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-APR-1990 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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