Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlSolution Collapse Along Santa Elena Limestone-Del Rio Clay Contact Controlled By A N60e Fault Zone.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Clay
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Santa Elena Shale;Del Rio;Boquillas
StructureAsymmetric Terlingua Anticline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsUNCERTAIN: OPENED 1916, LEASED 1918, REOPENED 1927, OPERATING 1934.
First production1916
Last production1942
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10040390
MRDS IDM055144
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.31873, -103.62444
References
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESCHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252USGS PP 312TX BEG MRC-73, P. 19.FIELD WORK BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS 1934Bailey, 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