Brewster County Consolidated Mine (Study Butte Mine; Rainbow Mine; Big Bend; Texas-Almaden), Study Butte, Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA

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Ref.: Rocks & Min.:12:326,328; The Handbook of Texas online.

A mercury mine located at Study Butte (pronounced STOODY), 5 miles East of Terlingua.

Worked before 1940 until the late 1940's. Reopened 1970 - 1972 (Diamond Shamrock Corp.)

Map Reference: 29°19'26"N , 103°31'40"W

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Mineral List:

Alunite
'Asphaltum
var: Uintahite'
Calcite

Cinnabar
Jarosite
Marcasite

Pyrite

7 entries listed. 6 valid minerals.

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