Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Fluorite, Jarosite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Santa Elena Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10040136
MRDS IDM054806
Alternate namesLowe
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.3594, -103.7358
References
CHESTER, J. W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252YATES, R.G. AND THOMPSON, G.A., 1959, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS, TERLINGUA DISTRICT, TEXAS: USGS PROF. PAPER 312, 114 P.TX BEG MRC-73, P. 20.EXAMINED BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 1934.EXAMINED BY R.G. YATES, J.F. MCALLISTER, AND G.A. THOMPSOM, 1942-1945.CIMRI