Mine detail: Allamoore Talc District

Previously called 'Mines and Prospects Include All Described In Individual Records:Buck SpringsTexas Talc Co.Southern Clay ProductsSection 18Milwhite Co.EscondidoGlen Ray Corp.Rossman.SouthwesternLone Star Mining Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.15017, -105.06719

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Tertiary: Asbestos
Gangue: Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR, LENSE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1952-
First production started: 1952
Last production ended: 1992

Geology

Host rock:Allamoore Formation; Carrizo Mountain Group
Host type:Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:Allamoore Formation
Associated type:Chert,Basalt
Structure:Mprot-Lprot Strike-Slip And Block Faults, Eastern Margin Of District Is Cut Off By The Ltert-Quat Salt Basin Rift Graben
Tectonic:Passive Continental Margin (Mprot); Rio Grande Intracontinental Rift (Today)
Alteration processes:Host Rocks Metamorphosed To Talcose Phyllite In Lprot.

References

MRDSI001057
DEP10023658
Reference{Deposit:: BOURBON, W.B., 1982, THE ORIGIN OF TALC IN THE ALLAMOORE DISTRICT, IN INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND MINERALS OF THE SOUTHWEST: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182, P. 77-84.}{Deposit:: KING, P.B., AND FLAWN, P.T., 1953, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PRE-CAMBRIAN ROCKS OF THE VAN HORN AREA, TEXAS: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY PUBLICATION 5301, 218 P.}{Deposit:: FLAWN, P.T., 1958, TEXAS MINERS BOOST TALC OUTPUT: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 159, P. 104-105.}{Deposit:: CHIDCHESTER, A.H., ENGEL, A.E.J., AND WRIGHT, L.A., 1964, TALC RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN 1167, P. 45-47.}{Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, TALC, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION, METAL BULLETIN, P. 274-281.}{Deposit:: KYLE, J.R., AND CLARK, K.F., 1990, GEOLOGY OF THE ALLAMOORE TALC DISTRICT, WEST TEXAS, IN KYLE, J.R., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DELEWARE BASIN, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, V. 8, P. 181-190.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS 1958-1988; CHIDCHESTER AND OTHERS (1984)}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Long, Keith R.