Mine detail: Falkenburg-Blackburn Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

30.3155, -96.64917

Resource(M)

Primary:	Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium
Ore:	Ilmenite, Magnetite, Zircon
Gangue:	Apatite, Biotite, Corundum, Fluorite, Garnet, Hematite, Kyanite, Limonite, Monazite, Rutile, Spinel, Staurolite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1954

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Beach Placer
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Wellborn Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Tectonic:	Passive Continental Margin.

References

MRDS	TC36631
DEP	10063017
Reference	{Deposit:: SHELBY, C.A., 1965, HEAVY MINERALS IN THE WELLBORN FORMATION, LEE AND BURLESON COUNTIES, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPT INVEST 55, 54P.}{Deposit:: HAHN, A., ET AL., 1961, TITANIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS IN SOUTH TEXAS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5712, 84P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.