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Fort Stockton Sulfur Mine

Past Producer in Pecos county in Texas, United States with commodity Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227330
MRDS ID W701208
MAS/MILS ID 0483710001
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Stockton Sulfur Mine
Alternate or previous names Fort Stockton Mine
Related records 10085595

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -102.75825, 31.05768 (WGS84)
Elevation 785
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pecos(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond Y Spring SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crane(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pecos(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pecos-Red Bluff Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Pecos

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Sulfur Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) Alluvium
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 28M
    Length 530M
    Width 330M
    Area 160HA
    Depth to top 130M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 45
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 160
    Date of Last Modification 960624

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SULFUR FILLS OR PARTIALLY FILLS VUGS IN LIMESTONE HOST ROCK. ORIGIN IS BIOCHEMICAL AND EPIGENETIC. OREBODY GEOMETRY - THE OREBODY CONSISTS OF 3 ZONES OF MIN- ERALIZATION WITH A MAXIMUM AGGREGATE THICKNESS OF ABOUT 130 M. THE MAXIMUM NET EQUIVALENT THICKNESS OF SULFUR WITHIN THESE ZONES IS ABOUT 28 M. THE DIMENSIONS GIVEN FOR THE OREBODY THEREFORE REPRESENT THE MAXIMUM VOLUME OF ORE (AS DEFINED IN THE REPORT - 99.5% SULFUR) THAT EXISTED BEFORE MINING. MOST OF THE SULFUR THAT EXISTED WITHIN THE DESCRIBED OREBODY HAS BEEN REMOVED, AND PROD- UCTION IS NOW AND WILL IN THE FUTURE BE CONFINED TO A FEW SMALL AREAS WITHIN THE TOTAL MINERALIZED AREA. THE OREBODY HAS ITS LONG AXIS ALONG THE CREST OF A NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST-TRENDING ANTICLINE. THE OREBODY OUTLINE SHOWS A REMARKABLE CORRELATION WITH STRUCTURE CONTOURS DRAWN AT THE TOP OF THE RUSTLER DOLOMITE, INDICATING THAT THE ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE WAS THE PRIMARY CONTROL ON THE LOCATION OF THE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Well
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Mining method Auger Mining - Frasch Process
Year of first production 1968

Mining district

District name None

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Farmland Industries, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Description Total Sulfur Production 51243 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 51243mt
  • Year 1969
    Description Total Sulfur Production 143347 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 143347mt
  • Year 1970
    Description Total Sulfur Production 120331 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 120331mt
  • Year 1971
    Description Total Sulfur Production 103103 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 103103mt
  • Year 1972
    Description Total Sulfur Production 162453 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 162453mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Total Sulfur Production 177620 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 177620mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Total Sulfur Production 185452 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 185452mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Total Sulfur Production 181293 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 181293mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Total Sulfur Production 159067 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 159067mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Total Sulfur Production 67817 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 67817mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Total Sulfur Production 64923 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 64923mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Total Sulfur Production 74674 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 74674mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Total Sulfur Production 68943 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 68943mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Total Sulfur Production 54762 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 54762mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Total Sulfur Production 69867 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 69867mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Total Sulfur Production 100586 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 100586mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Total Sulfur Production 71075 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 71075mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Total Sulfur Production 8340 Mt Sulfur Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 8340mt

Comments on the production information

  • RECOVERY REPRESENTS RECOVERY OF COMMODITY.
  • USE OF THE P DATA SET IS FOR PURPOSE OF DESCRIBING THE PRODUCT ONLY AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT ANY MILLING OCCURS. NO INVESTMENT OR UNIT PRODUCTION COSTS ARE SHOWN IN THIS DATA SET IN ORDER TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF DOUBLE ACCOUNTING.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1 = M9C4. SOURCE: RESOURCES CALCULATED FROM PRODUCTION RATE AND MINE LIFE SUPPLIED BY OWNER, FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. GRADE ESTIMATED BY EVALUATOR. SULFUR RESERVES ARE GIVEN IN TERMS OF MT OF RECOVERABLE ORE BECAUSE THE IN SITU ORE GRADE AND RECOVERY ARE EXTREMELY VARIABLE. RECOVERY IN A PARTICULAR WELL IS CONTROLLED BY LOCAL POROSITY AND PERMEABILITY WHICH ARE QUITE VARIABLE.
  • PROPERTY DEPELETED ITS ELEMENTAL SULFUR RESOURCES AND WAS PERMINATLY COLSED IN JANUARY 1985.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method FRASCH PROCESS 10-89
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 100
    Capacity 229
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 92.1
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 360
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCNEAL, R.P., AND HEMENWAY, G.A., 1972, GEOLOGY OF FORT

  • Deposit

    STOCKTON SULFUR MINE, PECOS COUNTY, TEXAS: AMER. ASSOC.

  • Deposit

    PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS BULL., V. 56, NO. 1, P. 26-37.

  • Deposit

    HAZLETON, J.E., 1970, THE ECONOMICS OF THE SULPHUR INDUS-

  • Deposit

    TRY: BALTIMORE, THE JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS, 172 P.

  • Deposit

    HAYNES, W., 1959, BRIMSTONE, THE STONE THAT BURNS:

  • Deposit

    PRINCETON, N.J., D. VAN NOSTRAND CO., INC., 308 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MICROFILM COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY,

  • Deposit

    INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS FOR THE YEARS

  • Deposit

    1968-1981.

  • Deposit

    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, FORM 10-K FOR FARMLAND

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIES, INC., 1976-1978.

  • Deposit

    ELLISON, S.P., JR., 1971, SULFUR IN TEXAS: UNIV. OF TEXAS,

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF ECON. GEOL., 48 P.

  • Deposit

    ZIMMERMAN, J.B., AND THOMAS, E., 1969, SULFUR IN WEST TEXAS:

  • Deposit

    ITS GEOLOGY AND ECONOMICS: UNIV. OF TEXAS, BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL., GEOLOGICAL CIRCULAR 69-2, 35 P.

  • Deposit

    TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY, 1952, MODERN SULPHUR MINING:

  • Deposit

    COMPANY PUBLICATION, 24 P.

  • Deposit

    HEMENWAY, G.A., FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEE, PERS.

  • Deposit

    COMMUN., 9/20/82.

  • Deposit

    RAWLS, W., FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEE, PERS.

  • Deposit

    COMMUN., 9/21/82.

  • Deposit

    ORTON, R.B., 1969, THE CLIMATE OF TEXAS: IN CLIMATES OF THE

  • Deposit

    STATES, VOLUME II - WESTERN STATES INCLUDING ALASKA AND

  • Deposit

    HAWAII: NOAA, EDS., PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., WATER INFOR-

  • Deposit

    MATION CENTER, INC., P. 877-920.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. 1985 MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. 2, AREA

  • Deposit

    REPORTS: DOMESTIC, P. 543.

  • Deposit

    _____. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1982 THROUGH 1985).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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