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Miller Ranch Mine

Past Producer in Real county in Texas, United States with commodities Strontium, Nitrogen-Nitrates
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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. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099436
MRDS ID TC36865
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Ranch Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.99287, 29.99522 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.6 MILE N35W OF EAGLE RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Real(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joy Hollow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bandera(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nueces Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Real

Comments on the location information

  • 13 MILES WEST AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION US 83 AND TX 41. TOPO MAP SHOWS A KAOLIN MINE AND TWO CAVES IN AREA RED ARROW AND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Strontium Primary
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Celestite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.99287, 29.99522
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall width 4.27M

Comments on the workings information

  • HEIGHT 5 FT. NATURAL CAVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, R.A., 1962, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONIMIC GEOLOGY REPT. INVEST. 43, P. 37

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MAXWELL(1962), P. 37.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRYSTALLINE MASSES OF CELESTITE 1 TO 2.5 FT THICK ON WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE CAVE. SEVERAL FEET OF BAT GUANO ON CAVE FLOOR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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