Mine detail: Heiner Mine

Previously called 'Duval Fort Stockton'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.11129, -102.80323

Resource(N)

Primary: Sulfur
Ore: Sulfur
Gangue: Calcite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1967-1970
First production started: 1967
Last production ended: 1970

Geology

Host rock:Yates, Tansill, Salado, And Rustler Formations
Host type:Limestone
Tectonic:Interior Basin (Deleware Basin)
Alteration processes:Bioepigenetic Replacement Of Anhydrock By Calcit And Sulfur.

References

MRDSW701209
DEP10085596
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:: MANDERSON ASSOCIATES, 1979, PHOSPHATES, PHOSPHATE ROCK, SULFUR, SULFURIC ACID, URANIUM: V. 2, P. 130.}{Deposit:: CRAWFORD, J.E., 1990, GEOLOGY AND FRASCH-MINING OPERATIONS OF THE CULBERSON SULFUR MINE, CULBERSON COUNTY, WEST TEXAS, IN KYLE, J.R., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DELEWARE BASIN, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, VOL. 8, P. 141-162.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PRICE AND OTHERS (1983); CRAWFORD (1990) P. 143.}
ReporterPaidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.