Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPIPE
Ore controlBreccia Pipe In Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Santa Elena Limestone
StructureBreccia Pipe
AlterationKaolinization Of Del Rio Clay
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10040387
MRDS IDM055138
Alternate namesLouisa, Maggie Sink, Mitchell-Gillette, Alpine, Neyland-Davis, Maggie Mine, Bobs, Bobs Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.32178, -103.72333
References
MINING WORLD, 1956, VOL. 18., NO. 4, P. 81MINING WORLD, 1955, SEPT. P. 108.BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESCHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252USGS PP 312, P. 87.TX BEG MRC-73, P. 21.EXAMINED BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 1934EXAMINED BY R.G. YATES AND OTHERS, 1942-1945CIMRIUSBM DATA