Location: | Brewster County, Texas, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 29.09941, -103.19074 |
dep_id: | 10040388 |
mrds_id: | M055139 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Cinnabar |
gangue: | Calcite, Pyrite |
work_type: | Underground |
Reporter: | Bergquist, Joel R., Long, Keith R. |
hrock_unit: | Boquillas Formation |
hrock_type: | Limestone |
arock_type: | Andesite |
Structure: | Nw-Trending Thrust-Faulted Asymmetrical Anticline |
Year first produced: | 1917 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1943 |
disc_yr: | 1900 |
prod_yrs: | 1917-1923; 1942-1943. |
References: |
- Deposit:: CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 825
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES; TEX BEG MRC-73; MINES HANDBOOK N. 17.
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