Texas · Brewster County
Past Producer
Colquitt Tigner Mine
Brewster County, Texas, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
Primary
Mercury
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Ore control
Solution Collapse At The Top Of The Santa Elena Limestone
Materials
Ore minerals
Calomel, Cinnabar
Gangue
Calcite
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Santa Elena
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Production years
1925-27, 1934
First production
1925
Last production
1934
Identification
Deposit ID
10103766
MRDS ID
M054810
Alternate names
Colquit-Tigner Quicksilver, Waldron
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
29.33111, -103.66611
References
CHESTER, J. W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS PERSONAL FILESUSGS PP 312TX BEG MRC-73, P. 23.FIELD WORK BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 193COUNTY HIGHWAY MAPSCIMRIUSBM DATA