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Galvan Ranch Barite

Producer in Webb county in Texas, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100706
MRDS ID I000200
Record type Site
Current site name Galvan Ranch Barite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.67035, 28.05585 (WGS84)
Relative position 38 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAREDO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Webb(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galvan Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cotulla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crystal City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Ambrosia-Santa Isabel(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Falcon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Falcon(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Webb

Comments on the location information

  • THE GALVAN RANCH IS LOCATED ON THE US-MEXICO BORDER AND COVERS AN AREA OF 67,825 ACRES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL IS CHEMICAL GRADE. IMPURITIES ARE ROUGHLY EQUAL TO EPA STANDARDS FOR POTABLE WATER. SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS ABOUT 4.45.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 115
USGS model code 38f
Deposit model name Residual barite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.67035, 28.05585
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chaparral Mining Corp.
    Home office Austin, Tx.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Galvan Ranch

Comments on the production information

  • A STOCKPILE OF 15,000 TO 17,000 SHORT TONS OF UNBENEFICIATED CHEMICAL GRADE BARITE ORE HAD BEEN RECOVERED BY JANUARY, 1991.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 2267000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 97 wt-pct Barium Major 1991

Comments on development

  • PROGRAMME OF TRENCHING AND SAMPLING (BY 1991). ; ECON.COM: ABOUT $500-600,000 HAD BEEN INVESTED BY JANUARY, 1991, IN SURFACE EVALUATION AND MARKETING STUDIES. SITE HAS NO PROCESSING FACILITIES, SO ORE WILL BE SHIPPED AS CRUDE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1991, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 280, P. 10

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1991.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESIDUAL BARITE DEPOSITS OCCUR OVER AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 6400 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1991 Orris, Greta J. 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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