Description
Unknown (1900), Sinclair Oil Co. (1966)
Commodities
PrimarySulfur
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model256: Stratabound sulfur
Deposit sizeM
Materials
Ore mineralsSulfur
GangueBarite, Calcite, Celestite, Gypsum
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Salado
Tectonic settingInterior Basin (Deleware Basin)
AlterationBioepogenetic Replacement Of Anhydrock By Calcite And Sulfur
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1968-1985
First production1968
Last production1975
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10085595
MRDS IDW701208
Alternate namesSinclair, Arco, Texasgulf
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.05796, -102.75795
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.MCNEAL, R.P., AND HEMENWAY, G.A., 1972, GEOLOGY OF THE FORT STOCKTON SULFUR MINE, PECOS CO., TEXAS: AAPG BULL. V. 56, P. 26-37.CRAWFORD, J.E., GEOLOGY AND FRASCH-MINING OPERATIONS OF THE CULBERSON SULFUR MINE, CULBERSON COUNTY, WEST TEXAS, IN KYLE, J.R., ED., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DELEWARE BASIN, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, V. 8., P. 143.MANDERSON ASSOC., 1977, THE NORTH AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SULFUR OUTLOOKCIMRIPRICE AND OTHERS, 1983; CRAWFORD (1990) P. 143.