Commodities
PrimarySulfur
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model256: Stratabound sulfur
Deposit sizeM
Materials
Ore mineralsSulfur
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Yates, Tansill, Salado, And Rustler Formations
Tectonic settingInterior Basin (Deleware Basin)
AlterationBioepigenetic Replacement Of Anhydrock By Calcit And Sulfur.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1967-1970
First production1967
Last production1970
Identification
Deposit ID10085596
MRDS IDW701209
Alternate namesDuval Fort Stockton
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates31.11129, -102.80323
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.MANDERSON ASSOCIATES, 1979, PHOSPHATES, PHOSPHATE ROCK, SULFUR, SULFURIC ACID, URANIUM: V. 2, P. 130.CRAWFORD, J.E., 1990, GEOLOGY AND FRASCH-MINING OPERATIONS OF THE CULBERSON SULFUR MINE, CULBERSON COUNTY, WEST TEXAS, IN KYLE, J.R., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DELEWARE BASIN, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK SERIES, VOL. 8, P. 141-162.CIMRIPRICE AND OTHERS (1983); CRAWFORD (1990) P. 143.