Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Clay
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Santa Elena Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1910s, 1940s, 1954-1958
Identification
Deposit ID10040135
MRDS IDM054805
Alternate namesNatural Resources, Inc., Claims in Sec. 58., Tres Cuevas Quicksilver Co Mine, Black Mesa, Section 58, Natural Resources Inc.Tres Cuevas
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.31428, -103.71778
References
CHESTER, J. W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS, in USBM, Mercury potential in the United States: USBM IC 8252, Ch. 10.YATES R G AND G A THOMPSON, 1959, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TERLINGUA DISTRICT TEXAS: U S GEOL SURV PROFESSIONAL PAPER 312, 114 p.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 No. 73, 108 p.EXAMINED BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 1934.EXAMINED BY R.G. YOUNG AND OTHERS, 1942-1945.CIMRIUSBM DATA