Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlSolution Collapse Along Limestone-Clay Contact.
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Limestone · Santa Elena Limestone;Del Rio Clay
Associated rockTrachyte,Basalt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1895-1903, 1905, 1907-1910, 1916-1919, 1923-30, 1931-45
First production1895
Last production1945
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10088610
MRDS IDM055145
Alternate namesMarfa and Mariposa Mining Co., California Mountain
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.31456, -103.69417
References
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESCHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252USGS PP 312, 114 P.TX BEG MRC-73, P.22-23.EXAMINED BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 1934EXAMINED BY R.G. YATES AND OTHERS, 1942-1945Bailey, E.H., 1962, Mercury in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-30, 8 p. pamphlet, scale 1:3,168,000.CIMRI(1) USBM DATA (2,3) TX BEG DATA (4) MINES HANDBOOK V. 17COPPER HANDBOOK V. 14