Mine detail: Fort Stockton Sulfur Mine

Previously called 'Fort Stockton Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.05768, -102.75825

Resource(N)

Primary: Sulfur
Other material: Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Sulfur
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Well
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1968

Geology

References

MRDSW701208
MAS483710001
DEP10227330
Reference{Deposit:: MCNEAL, R.P., AND HEMENWAY, G.A., 1972, GEOLOGY OF FORT}{Deposit:: STOCKTON SULFUR MINE, PECOS COUNTY, TEXAS: AMER. ASSOC.}{Deposit:: PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS BULL., V. 56, NO. 1, P. 26-37.}{Deposit:: HAZLETON, J.E., 1970, THE ECONOMICS OF THE SULPHUR INDUS-}{Deposit:: TRY: BALTIMORE, THE JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS, 172 P.}{Deposit:: HAYNES, W., 1959, BRIMSTONE, THE STONE THAT BURNS:}{Deposit:: PRINCETON, N.J., D. VAN NOSTRAND CO., INC., 308 P.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MICROFILM COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY,}{Deposit:: INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS FOR THE YEARS}{Deposit:: 1968-1981.}{Deposit:: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, FORM 10-K FOR FARMLAND}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIES, INC., 1976-1978.}{Deposit:: ELLISON, S.P., JR., 1971, SULFUR IN TEXAS: UNIV. OF TEXAS,}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF ECON. GEOL., 48 P.}{Deposit:: ZIMMERMAN, J.B., AND THOMAS, E., 1969, SULFUR IN WEST TEXAS:}{Deposit:: ITS GEOLOGY AND ECONOMICS: UNIV. OF TEXAS, BUREAU OF}{Deposit:: ECON. GEOL., GEOLOGICAL CIRCULAR 69-2, 35 P.}{Deposit:: TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY, 1952, MODERN SULPHUR MINING:}{Deposit:: COMPANY PUBLICATION, 24 P.}{Deposit:: HEMENWAY, G.A., FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEE, PERS.}{Deposit:: COMMUN., 9/20/82.}{Deposit:: RAWLS, W., FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEE, PERS.}{Deposit:: COMMUN., 9/21/82.}{Deposit:: ORTON, R.B., 1969, THE CLIMATE OF TEXAS: IN CLIMATES OF THE}{Deposit:: STATES, VOLUME II - WESTERN STATES INCLUDING ALASKA AND}{Deposit:: HAWAII: NOAA, EDS., PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., WATER INFOR-}{Deposit:: MATION CENTER, INC., P. 877-920.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. 1985 MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. 2, AREA}{Deposit:: REPORTS: DOMESTIC, P. 543.}{Deposit:: _____. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY,}{Deposit:: PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1982 THROUGH 1985).}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.