| Lat / long: | 29.34579, -103.81241 |
| Primary: | Mercury |
| Ore: | Cinnabar |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Natrolite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1935 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1940, 1953, 1955-56 |
| First production started: | 1940 |
| Last production ended: | 1956 |
| Host rock: | Santa Elena Limestone;Del Rio Clay |
| Host type: | Clay, Mud,Limestone |
| Associated type: | Trachyte,Basalt |
| Structure: | Asymmetric Terlingua Anticline |
| Alteration processes: | Silicification, Argillic Alteration |
| MRDS | M055149 |
| DEP | 10040393 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: MINING WORLD, 1956, VOL. 18., NO. 3., P. 96.}{Deposit:: CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: USGS PP 312, 114 P.}{Deposit:: TEX BEG MRC-73, P. 25.}{Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL USBM, FAILED TO FIND ORE}{Deposit:: 1953 DIREXPL AMERIMEX MINING CO. UNDER DMEA CONTRACT. FOUND SOME ORE}{Deposit:: EXAMINED BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 1934.}{Deposit:: EXAMINED BY R.G. YATES, J.F. MCALLISTER, AND G.A. THOMPSON, 1942-1945.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.} |
| Reporter | Bergquist, Joel R., Long, Keith R. |