Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Boquillas Formation
Associated rockAndesite
StructureNw-Trending Thrust-Faulted Asymmetrical Anticline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1917-1923; 1942-1943.
First production1917
Last production1943
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10040388
MRDS IDM055139
Alternate namesEllis and Lindsey ClaimsLindseyEllis, Mariscal, Viviana Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.09735, -103.19028
References
CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252Price, 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.MINES HANDBOOK N. 17.Bailey, E.H., 1962, Mercury in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-30, 8 p. pamphlet, scale 1:3,168,000.CIMRIBAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES