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Carpenter Prospect

Occurrence 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096738
MRDS ID W701451
Record type Site
Current site name Carpenter Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.02357, 30.7574 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 MI (36 KM) SSW 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 SE(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Goethite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Yucca Formation
    Rock description Yucca Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.02357, 30.7574
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GEOLOGIC RELATIONS HERE ARE COMPLICATED BY INTENSE DEFORMATION (FOLDING, FAULTING, AND FRACTURING). OXIDE-COPPER MINERALS OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES AND FILLING CAVITIES (FORMER LIMESTONE PEBBLES) IN THE CONGLOMERATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Indio Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: ONE CARLOAD OF ORE AVERAGING 2.5% CU.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED 1947 TO EARLY 1950'S.

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

    TX BEG RI 145

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY FRACTURE-RELATED, BUT NOT OBVIOUSLY VEINED.
Deposit THIS RECORD REPLACES DUPLICATE RECORDS D000622 AND D001354 WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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