Mine detail: Maggie Mine

Previously called 'BobsNeyland-DavisAlpineMitchell-GiletteMaggie SinkLouisa'

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Location

Lat / long:

29.32384, -103.7238

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	PIPE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Santa Elena Limestone
Host type:	Limestone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Breccia Pipe
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization Of Del Rio Clay

References

MRDS	M055138
DEP	10040387
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING WORLD, 1956, VOL. 18., NO. 4, P. 81}{Deposit:: MINING WORLD, 1955, SEPT. P. 108.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: USGS PP 312, P. 87.}{Deposit:: TX BEG MRC-73, P. 21.}{Deposit:: EXAMINED BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 1934}{Deposit:: EXAMINED BY R.G. YATES AND OTHERS, 1942-1945}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Long, Keith R.