Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlNe Trending Breccia Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Cinnabar
GangueCalcite, Gypsum
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Santa Elena
Associated rockTrachyandesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10009455
MRDS IDD002468
Alternate namesAdobe Walls, Armstrong Materials Inc. Prospect, Twenty-One Mine, Whittaker Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.47333, -103.55222
References
U OF TEXAS, BULL 3401, US B MINES R.I. 3995CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252TX BEG MRC-73, P. 25.DOE OFR GJBX-29(80)YATES R G AND G A THOMPSON, 1959, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TERLINGUA DISTRICT, TEXAS: USGS PP-312.CIMRI