Mine detail: Silver Creek Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 30.87381, -98.37589

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite
Discovery year: 1890

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Wilburns Formation
Host type:Sandstone,Limestone

References

MRDSTC40158
DEP10099519
Reference{Deposit:: BARNES, V.E., 1956, LEAD DEPOSITS IN THE UPPER CAMBRIAN OF CENTRAL TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPT. INVEST. 26, 68 P.}{Deposit:: BAKER, C.L., 1935, METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC MINERALS AND ORES: UNIV. TEX BULL 3401.}{Deposit:: PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1912, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, LLANO-BURNES FOLIO, TEXAS: USGS FOLIO 183, 16 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: BAKER (1935).}
ReporterLong, Keith R.