Mine detail: Comanche Creek Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 31.00352, -102.68739

Resource(N)

Primary: Sulfur
Ore: Sulfur
Gangue: Barite, Calcite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1967-1983
First production started: 1967
Last production ended: 1983

Geology

Host rock:Seven Rivers, Yates, Tansill, Salado, And Rustler Formations
Host type:Limestone,Evaporite
Tectonic:Interior Basin (Delaware Basin)
Alteration processes:Bioepogenetic Replacement Of Anhydrock By Calcite And Sulfur

References

MRDSW701211
DEP10085598
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:: 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, V. 8, P. 143.}{Deposit:: MANDERSON ASSOC., 1977, THE NORTH AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SULFUR OUTLOOK, 1977-1985}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: CRAWFORD (1990) P. 143}
ReporterPaidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.