Mine detail: Viviana Mine

Previously called 'MariscalEllisLindsey'

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Location

Lat / long:

29.09941, -103.19074

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1917-1923; 1942-1943.
First production started:	1917
Last production ended:	1943

Geology

Host rock:	Boquillas Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Nw-Trending Thrust-Faulted Asymmetrical Anticline

References

MRDS	M055139
DEP	10040388
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Long, Keith R.