Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFractures In Syenite And Shale
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueAlunite, Calcite, Jarosite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockShale · Pen
StructureAsymmetric Terlingua Anticline
AlterationShale Baked Along Contact With Intrusive Syenite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1903-1905, 1915-20, 1928-34, 1936, 1944, EARLY 1970'S
First production1903
Last production1972
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10040389
MRDS IDM055143
Alternate namesTexas Almaden, Texas-Almaden, Big Bend
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates29.32067, -103.52722
References
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252Yates and Thompson, 1959, USGS PP 312.TX BEG MRC-73, P. 20.1958 DIREXPL DMEAFIELD INVESTIGATIONS BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS 1934.FIELD INVESTIGATIONS BY R.G. YATES, J.F. MCALLISTER, AND G.A. THOMPSON 1942-1945.SHARPE, R.D., 1980, DEVELOPMENT OF THE MERCURY MINING INDUSTRY: TRANS-PECOS, TEXAS, TEXAS MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 64, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 32 p.PICKANDS-MATHER & COMPANY, 1969, ANNUAL REPORT STUDY BUTTE MINE, MARCH 10, 1970, 3 p.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.CIMRIUSBM DATA