Mine detail: Adobe Walls Mine

Previously called 'Whittaker ClaimsTwenty-One MineArmstrong Materials Inc. Prospect'

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Location: Brewster County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 29.47356, -103.55269
dep_id: 10009455
mrds_id: D002468
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Trace mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Carnotite, Cinnabar
gangue: Calcite, Gypsum
ore_ctrl: Ne Trending Breccia Zone
Reporter: Hasler, J. William, Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Santa Elena
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Trachyandesite
References:
  • Deposit:: U OF TEXAS, BULL 3401, US B MINES R.I. 3995
  • Deposit:: CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: TX BEG MRC-73, P. 25.
  • Deposit:: DOE OFR GJBX-29(80)
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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