Commodities
PrimarySulfur
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model256: Stratabound sulfur
Deposit sizeM
Materials
Ore mineralsSulfur
GangueBarite, Calcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Evaporite · Seven Rivers, Yates, Tansill, Salado, And Rustler Formations
Tectonic settingInterior Basin (Delaware Basin)
AlterationBioepogenetic Replacement Of Anhydrock By Calcite And Sulfur
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1967-1983
First production1967
Last production1983
Identification
Deposit ID10085598
MRDS IDW701211
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.00352, -102.68739
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.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, V. 8, P. 143.MANDERSON ASSOC., 1977, THE NORTH AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SULFUR OUTLOOK, 1977-1985CIMRICRAWFORD (1990) P. 143