Mine detail: Pickens Oil Prospect

Previously called 'La Escondida'

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Location

Lat / long:

29.38079, -103.75658

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	PIPE

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Santa Elena Limestone
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Intrusion
Associated type:	Plutonic Rock
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	W701220
DEP	10085605
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}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.