Mine detail: Weiler-Whitener Prospect

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Location: Burleson County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 30.33355, -96.63499
dep_id: 10063020
mrds_id: TC36634
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Beach Placer
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Ilmenite, Magnetite, Zircon
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 121: Shoreline placer Ti
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Wellborn Formation
hrock_type: Arkose
tectonic: Passive Continental Margin.
disc_yr: 1954
References:
  • Deposit:: SHELBY, C.A., 1965, HEAVY MINERALS IN THE WELLBORN FORMATION, LEE AND BURLESON COUNTIES, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 55, 54P.
  • Deposit:: HAHN, A., ET AL., 1961, TITANIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS IN SOUTH TEXAS: US BUREAU OF MINES RI 5712, 84P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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