Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSE
Materials
Ore mineralsAcanthite, Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Smithsonite
GangueBarite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSiltstone,Sandstone · Hueco Limestone
StructureOccurs In Horst, Which Has As Its Western Boundary The Rim Rock Fault, A Major Structure In The Region.
Tectonic settingReduction Of The Red Beds And Metal Zonation Are Related To Basin And Range Faulting
AlterationOre In Reduced Or Formerly Reduced (Now Limonitic) Sandstones
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1934
Last production1943
Identification
Deposit ID10100561
MRDS IDW701439
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.8774, -104.92218
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.PRICE, J.G. AND OTHERS, 1985, ORIGIN OF SILVER-COPPER-LEAD DEPOSITS IN RED-BED SEQUENCES OF TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 145, 65 P.PRICE, J.G., 1982, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATA VERDE MINE, HUDSPETH COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR 70, 34 P. 2FIELD WORK BY J.G. PRICE (TX BEG) APRIL 198CIMRIPRICE AND OTHERS, 1983, P. 75