Mine detail: Lowe Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

29.35856, -103.73519

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Jarosite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Santa Elena Limestone
Host type:	Limestone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M054806
DEP	10040136
Reference	{Deposit:: CHESTER, J. W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: YATES, R.G. AND THOMPSON, G.A., 1959, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS, TERLINGUA DISTRICT, TEXAS: USGS PROF. PAPER 312, 114 P.}{Deposit:: TX BEG MRC-73, P. 20.}{Deposit:: EXAMINED BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 1934.}{Deposit:: EXAMINED BY R.G. YATES, J.F. MCALLISTER, AND G.A. THOMPSOM, 1942-1945.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Long, Keith R.