Tarrant Property in Sec. 39

Past Producer in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400656
Record type Site
Current site name Tarrant Property in Sec. 39

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -103.692, 29.325 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position In southern part of Sec. 39 in valley of Well Creek.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

USGS map quadrangles

Amarilla Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Comments on the location information

  • Vague location in south half of sec. 39.
  • Sec. 39, Block G-12. (IC-8252, p. 350)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -103.692, 29.325

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Terlingua District

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Tarrant Mining Co.
    Home office Fort Worth, TX
    Year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings No. 1 Shaft
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings No. 3 Shaft
  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings shallow workings

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 2012-11-06 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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