Mine detail: Culberson Mine

Previously called 'Rustler Hills'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.67738, -104.14493

Resource(N)

Primary: Sulfur
Ore: Sulfur
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Celestite
Discovery year: 1966

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1969-
First production started: 1969
Last production ended: 1990

Geology

Host rock:Castile (Or Salado) Formation;Rustler Formation;Salado Formation
Host type:Limestone,Evaporite
Structure:Basin And Range (Mmio) Extensional Faulting, Ne-Trending Faults, Solution-Collapse Structures Within Rustler Hills Graben.
Tectonic:Interior Basin (Delaware Basin)
Alteration processes:Bioepogenetic Replacement Of Gyprock By Limestone And Sulfur.

References

MRDSW701185
DEP10085573
Reference{Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.}{Deposit:: WALLACE, C.S.A., AND CRAWFORD, J.E., 1992, GEOLOGY OF THE CULBERSON OREBODY, IN WESSEL, G.R., AND WIMBERLY, B.H., EDS., NATIVE SULFUR, DEVELOPMENTS IN GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION: LITTLETON, CO., SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, P. 91-105.}{Deposit:: CRAWFORD, J.E., 1990, GEOLOGY AND FRASCH-MINING OPERATIONS OF THE CULBERSON SULFUR MINE, CULBERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, IN KYLE, J.R., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DELAWARE BASIN, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, V. 8, P. 141-162.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PRICE AND OTHERS (1983); CRAWFORD (1990) P. 143.}
ReporterPaidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.