Mine detail: Terlingua District

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Location

Lat / long:

29.32803, -103.67827

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Discovery year:	1840

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	REPLACEMENT
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1888
Last production ended:	1973

Geology

Structure:	ASYMMETRIC TERLINGUA ANTICLINE WITH A NARROW ZONE OF STEEP DIPS ON ITS SW SIDE TRENDS NW THROUGH THE DISTRICT
Alteration processes:	KAOLINIZATION OF DEL RIO CLAY, SOME SILICIFICATION.

References

MRDS	M055148
DEP	60000975
Reference	{Deposit:: YATES, R.G., AND THOMPSON, G.A., 1959, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TERLINGUA DISTRICT, TEXAS: USGS PP 312}{Deposit:: RAGSDALE, K.B., 1976, QUICKSILVER: TERLINGUA AND THE CHISOS MINING COMPANY: TEXAS AANDM PRESS, 327 P.}{Deposit:: SHARPE, ROGER D., 1980, DEVELOPMENT OF THE MERCURY MINING INDUSTRY: TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR 64, 32 P.}{Deposit:: PRICE, J.G., HENRY, C.D., AND STANDEN, A.R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR 73, 108 P.}