Mine detail: Two Forty-Eight Mine

Previously called '248FlechaHalf and Reid'

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Location

Lat / long: 29.32662, -103.56797

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Gilsonite, Pyrite
Orebody form: PIPE
Discovery year: 1902

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1926-1927, 1930-1931, 1935-1937, 1943, 1945
First production started: 1926
Last production ended: 1945

Geology

Host rock:Boquillas & Shale;Buda;Del Rio
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Gabbro
Structure:Asymmetric Terlingua Anticline
Alteration processes:Argillic Alteration

References

MRDSM055142
DEP10103780
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: USGS PP 312}{Deposit:: TX BEG MRC-73, P. 20.}{Deposit:: FIELD WORK BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS 1934.}{Deposit:: FIELD WORK BY R.G. YATES, J.F. MCALLISTER, AND G.A. THOMPSON 1942-45.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., Long, Keith R.