Mine detail: Viviana Mine

Previously called 'MariscalEllisLindsey'

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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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