Mine detail: Pokorny Ranch Prospect

Previously called 'Pokorny South'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.91154, -104.35911

Resource(N)

Primary:	Sulfur
Ore:	Sulfur
Gangue:	Anhydrite, Calcite, Celestite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1969

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Castile Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Evaporite
Structure:	Basin And Range (Mmio) Extensional Faulting
Tectonic:	Interior Basin (Deleware Basin)
Alteration processes:	Bioepogenetic Replacement Of Anhydrock By Calcite And Sulfur

References

MRDS	W701194
DEP	10085581
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:: KLEMMICK, G.F., 1992, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE POKORNY DEPOSIT, CULBERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, IN WESSEL, G.R., AND WIMBERLY, B.H., EDS., NATIVE SULFUR, DEVELOPMENTS IN GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION: LITTLETON, COLO., SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, P. 109-123.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.