Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlSoultion Collapse Breccia Zone Trends N 60-65 E
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Santa Elena Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1910
Last production1935
Identification
Deposit ID10100554
MRDS IDW701216
Alternate namesWaldron Mine, Section 40
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.324, -103.68944
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.USGS PP 312, P. 92.EXAMINED BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 193Chester, J.W., 1965, Mercury in Texas, in U.S. Bureau of Mines, Mercury Potential of the United States: USBM IC-8252.CIMRIPRICE AND OTHERS, 1983