Mine detail: Fort Stockton Mine

Previously called 'SinclairArcoTexasgulf'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.05796, -102.75795

Resource(N)

Primary: Sulfur
Ore: Sulfur
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Celestite, Gypsum
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1968-1985
First production started: 1968
Last production ended: 1975

Geology

Host rock:Salado
Host type:Limestone
Tectonic:Interior Basin (Deleware Basin)
Alteration processes:Bioepogenetic Replacement Of Anhydrock By Calcite And Sulfur

References

MRDSW701208
DEP10085595
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:: MCNEAL, R.P., AND HEMENWAY, G.A., 1972, GEOLOGY OF THE FORT STOCKTON SULFUR MINE, PECOS CO., TEXAS: AAPG BULL. V. 56, P. 26-37.}{Deposit:: CRAWFORD, J.E., GEOLOGY AND FRASCH-MINING OPERATIONS OF THE CULBERSON SULFUR MINE, CULBERSON COUNTY, WEST TEXAS, IN KYLE, J.R., ED., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DELEWARE BASIN, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, V. 8., P. 143.}{Deposit:: MANDERSON ASSOC., 1977, THE NORTH AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SULFUR OUTLOOK}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983; CRAWFORD (1990) P. 143.}
ReporterPaidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.