Mariscal Mine, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Mariscal Mine | Mine |
Big Bend National Park | National Park |
Brewster County | County |
Texas | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
29° 5' 57'' North , 103° 11' 25'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Boquillas del Carmen | 110 (2018) | 26.5km |
La Unión y el Olán | 129 (2018) | 36.2km |
Piedritas | 118 (2018) | 38.9km |
Jaboncillos | 133 (2018) | 40.0km |
Study Butte | 233 (2011) | 41.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
41950
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:41950:2
GUID (UUID V4):
df77f6d8-e50d-4c7e-9e97-53346a9f390a
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Ellis Mine; Viviana Mine; Lindsey Mine
A former Hg occurrence/mine located 26 miles SE of Study Butte in Big Bend National Park. Active during the turn of the century for the extraction of cinnabar quicksilver ore.
Produced 894 flasks of refined quicksilver from July 1917 to May 1919 (USGS).
Structure: Nw-Trending Thrust-Faulted Asymmetrical Anticline
Deposit: Fracture filling occurs along a vertical fissure and thrust.
Development: Acquired by mariscal mining co. 1919. ; econ.com: a 50 tpd scott furnace built 1922.
Geology: Geol.desc: a thrust-faulted asymmetrical anticline with a steep west flank is cut by steep fractures.
Rock formation(s): Boquillas Formation
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3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Hg | Mercury | |
Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
Other Databases
Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariscal_Mine |
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Wikidata ID: | Q6765598 |
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10040388 |
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