Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model236: Carbonate-hosted epigenetic barite
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite
GangueAnhydrite, Calcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Castile Formation (Within 33 Ft [10 M] Of Base)
StructureHigh-Angle, North-Northwest-Trending Faults And Solution Collapse Features Complicate The Regional Structure.
AlterationReplacement Of Anhydrite By Barite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1930
Identification
Deposit ID10085757
MRDS IDW701393
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.25517, -104.488
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.UNIV TEX PUB 4301, P. 106-108.CIMRIPRICE AND OTHERS, 1983