Big Bend National Park Deposits

Occurrence in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178292
MAS/MILS ID 0480430004
Record type Site
Current site name Big Bend National Park Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -103.12545, 29.05024 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariscal Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Bend(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Big Bend National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Buda Limestone and Del Rio Clay, undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Dist Of Columbia
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. FLUOR IN TEX, UNIV OF TEX BU ECON GEOL HNDBOOK

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS NORTHERN EXTENSION OF HI GRADE FLUORSPAR D

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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