Commodities
PrimarySulfur
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model256: Stratabound sulfur
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlSolution-Collapse Breccias Along Ne-Trending Fracture Zones Filled By Hydrocarbon-Bearing Sediments.
Materials
Ore mineralsSulfur
GangueBarite, Calcite, Celestite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Evaporite · Castile (Or Salado) Formation;Rustler Formation;Salado Formation
StructureBasin And Range (Mmio) Extensional Faulting, Ne-Trending Faults, Solution-Collapse Structures Within Rustler Hills Graben.
Tectonic settingInterior Basin (Delaware Basin)
AlterationBioepogenetic Replacement Of Gyprock By Limestone And Sulfur.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1969-
First production1969
Last production1990
Discovery year1966
Identification
Deposit ID10085573
MRDS IDW701185
Alternate namesRustler Hills
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.67738, -104.14493
References
PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.WALLACE, C.S.A., AND CRAWFORD, J.E., 1992, GEOLOGY OF THE CULBERSON OREBODY, IN WESSEL, G.R., AND WIMBERLY, B.H., EDS., NATIVE SULFUR, DEVELOPMENTS IN GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION: LITTLETON, CO., SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, P. 91-105.CRAWFORD, J.E., 1990, GEOLOGY AND FRASCH-MINING OPERATIONS OF THE CULBERSON SULFUR MINE, CULBERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, IN KYLE, J.R., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DELAWARE BASIN, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, V. 8, P. 141-162.CIMRIPRICE AND OTHERS (1983); CRAWFORD (1990) P. 143.