Description
Native Americans
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeREPLACEMENT
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlSOLUTION-COLLAPSE BRECCIAS AND PIPES, FRACTURES, CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND SHALE.
Geology
StructureASYMMETRIC TERLINGUA ANTICLINE WITH A NARROW ZONE OF STEEP DIPS ON ITS SW SIDE TRENDS NW THROUGH THE DISTRICT
AlterationKAOLINIZATION OF DEL RIO CLAY, SOME SILICIFICATION.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1888
Last production1973
Discovery year1840
Identification
Deposit ID60000975
MRDS IDM055148
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates29.3278, -103.6778
References
YATES, R.G., AND THOMPSON, G.A., 1959, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE TERLINGUA DISTRICT, TEXAS: USGS PP 312RAGSDALE, K.B., 1976, QUICKSILVER: TERLINGUA AND THE CHISOS MINING COMPANY: TEXAS AND M PRESS, 327 P.SHARPE, ROGER D., 1980, DEVELOPMENT OF THE MERCURY MINING INDUSTRY: TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR 64, 32 P.PRICE, J.G., HENRY, C.D., AND STANDEN, A.R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR 73, 108 P.Bailey, E.H., 1962, Mercury in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-30, 8 p. pamphlet, scale 1:3,168,000.