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Mariscal Mine, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USAi
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Mariscal MineMine
Big Bend National ParkNational Park
Brewster CountyCounty
TexasState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
29° 5' 57'' North , 103° 11' 25'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Boquillas del Carmen110 (2018)26.5km
La Unión y el Olán129 (2018)36.2km
Piedritas118 (2018)38.9km
Jaboncillos133 (2018)40.0km
Study Butte233 (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.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Cinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
SSulfur
S CinnabarHgS
S PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
FeIron
Fe PyriteFeS2
HgMercury
Hg CinnabarHgS

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariscal_Mine
Wikidata ID:Q6765598
Link to USGS MRDS:10040388

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