Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPIPE
Ore controlSolution Collapse Breccia Pipe In Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Gilsonite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Boquillas & Shale;Buda;Del Rio
Associated rockGabbro
StructureAsymmetric Terlingua Anticline
AlterationArgillic Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1926-1927, 1930-1931, 1935-1937, 1943, 1945
First production1926
Last production1945
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10103780
MRDS IDM055142
Alternate names248 Mine, Two Fourty Eight Mine, Half and Reid, Flecha248, Two Forty-Eight Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.32456, -103.5675
References
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESCHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252USGS PP 312TX BEG MRC-73, P. 20.FIELD WORK BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS 1934.FIELD WORK BY R.G. YATES, J.F. MCALLISTER, AND G.A. THOMPSON 1942-45.CIMRIUSBM DATA