Mine detail: Chisos Mine

Previously called 'Mc Kinney-Parker'

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Location

Lat / long:

29.31829, -103.62047

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Clay, Gypsum, Marcasite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1903-37, 1943
First production started:	1903
Last production ended:	1943

Geology

Host rock:	Santa Elena Shale;Del Rio;Buda;Boquillas
Host type:	Shale,Limestone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	Asymmetric Terlingua Anticline
Alteration processes:	Deuteric Alteration Of Soda Latite? Sills, Kaolinization Of Del Rio Clay

References

MRDS	M055147
DEP	10040391
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.}{Deposit:: CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: USGS PP 312}{Deposit:: TX BEG MRC-73, P. 19.}{Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL USBM, ONLY ONE DRILL HOLE PENETRATED LOW GRADE ORE}{Deposit:: FIELD WORK BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 1934.}{Deposit:: FIELD WORK BY R.G. YATES, J.F. MCALLISTER, AND G.A. THOMPSON, 1942-45.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: (1) USBM DATA (2) CHISOS MINING CO. DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Long, Keith R.