Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Uranium, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model60: Skarn Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Magnetite, Pitchblende, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Torbernite
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSyenite,Marble,Clastic Sedimentary Rock · Espy Formation
Associated rockSyenite · Tertiary Intrusion
StructureThe Vein Appears To Cut Across The Red Hills Thrust, A Laramide Structure.
AlterationArgillic Alteration Of Syenite May Not Be Ore-Related.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10085669
MRDS IDW701296
Alternate namesRather, Tarantula Hills
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.18934, -105.45136
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 PCIMRI