Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlSolution Collapse Structures Along Limestone-Shale Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Limestone · Santa Elena Limestone;Del Rio Clay
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10098449
MRDS IDM054800
Alternate namesDuncan Prospects, Sample Group, Claims: Lindburgh, Spirit of St. Louis, CurtisDuncan
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.32595, -103.72889
References
CHESTER, J. W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESYATES, R.G. AND THOMPSON, G.A., 1959, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS, TERLINGUA DISTRICT, TEXAS: USGS PROF. PAPER 312, 114 P.TX BEG MRC-73, P. 21.EXAMINED BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 1934.EXAMINED BY R.G. YATES AND OTHERS, 1942-1945.CIMRIUSBM DATA