| Deposit ID | 10100560 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701432 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sancho Panza Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.94023, 31.14434 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 6 MI (9 KM) NE OF ALLAMOORE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hudspeth(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sheep Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Van Horn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Salt Basin(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Culberson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Digenite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Graphite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 197 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 30b |
| Deposit model name | Sediment-hosted Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 63 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| Rock unit name | Hazel Formation |
| Rock description | Hazel Formation |
| (1) | -104.94023, 31.14434 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1887 |
| Year of last production | 1948 |
| District name | Van Horn-Allamoore District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Year | 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1887-1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Recovered: 2.3% Cu, 0.82 Oz/T Ag. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1887-1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Recovered: 2.4% Cu, 0.82 Oz/Ton Ag | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701432 |
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.
TX BEG RI 145
CIMRI
TX BEG RI 145, P. 3; PRICE AND OTHERS,1983, P. 74.
| 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 |
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