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Limonite from
El Paso Mine, Franklin Mountains (Franklin Range), El Paso County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Paso Mine, Franklin Mountains (Franklin Range), El Paso County, Texas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:983827
Long-form Identifier:1:3:983827:7
GUID (UUID V4):2c14c8fa-6b18-4ac6-9bff-37e0e6694b16
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
2.9km (1.8 miles) Tom Mays Park Copper deposit, Franklin Mountains (Franklin Range), El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) Copiapo Jarosite Mine, Northern Franklin Mountains Mining District, Franklin Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
46.1km (28.6 miles) Fillmore Canyon prospect, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
46.2km (28.7 miles) Texas prospect, Texas Mining District, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
46.2km (28.7 miles) Texas Main Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
53.1km (33.0 miles) Stevenson-Bennett Mine (Stephenson-Bennett Mine), Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
55.6km (34.6 miles) Maggie G Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
55.8km (34.7 miles) Memphis Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
55.9km (34.8 miles) Philadelphia group, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) Crested Butte prospect, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
References
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Report (issue)
QUICKSILVER, PLATINUM, ETC. TIN IN THE FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS, TEXAS. By G. B. RICHARDSON. Introduction. Since... Weed's report on the El Paso tin deposits « the geology of the Franklin Range, in which the ore occurs...now known in the western Texas tin field. Topography. The Franklin Mountains are the southern extremity...narrow range, known locally by different names, that extends southward from the Rocky Mountains east of...as far as El Paso. The Franklin Mountains are 23 miles in length, 15 of which are in Texas, average 3
Report (issue)
----------------- 15 The Geography of Dona Ana County--------------------------------------------- 18...-------- 25 PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS ------------- 26 Introduction ---------------... 4 CONTENTS PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS—Continued The Paleozoic Era—Continued Ordovician...------------------------------------------------------ 42 El Paso dolomite -----------------------------------------------Montoya... CONTENTS 5 PART I. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS—Continued The Tertiary intrusive cycle—Continued
Report (volume)
.......Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips, Austin. Vermont...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Report (volume)
Geology of the Northern Franklin Mountains, Texas and New Mexico By R. L. HARBOUR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...BULLETIN 1298 The geology of a complex fault-block range with emphasis on stratigraphy of Paleozoic rocks...______________________________ ----- __ --------El Paso Limestone_________________________________________...(Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician)__________ El Paso Limestone (Lower Ordovician)___________________________...PLATE 1. Geologic map of the northern Franklin Mountains, Texas and Mexico _______________________________________
Report (issue)
................................ 30 Bernalillo County ..................................................................................... 30 Catron County ...................................................................................... 31 Black Range (Taylor Creek) Tin District .......................................................... 32 Chaves County ..................................................................................... 33 Colfax County ..............................................
Report (volume)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH...248 259 269 271 275 281 r 4 CONTENTS. Page. Texas...................................................New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature consulted would be impracticable...STATES. Emerson, B. K., A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S...Phillips, W. B., The mineral resources of Texas: Univ. Texas Bull. 365, Sci. Ser. 29, 1914. Among other
Report (issue)
southern part of the Oscura Mountains and the northern part of the San Andres Mountains A summary UNITED STATES...______________________________ _ Lower Ordovician rocks-El Paso Dolomite _______ _ ~iddle Ordovician rocks- Upham...showing lower Paleozoic rocks in southern Oscura Mountains ______________________ -----------14 Photomicrograph...relationships of Paleozoic rocks in southern Oscura Mountains _____ ---_-------33 Photographic relief map of...The southern Oscura Mountains and the northern extremity of the San Andres Mountains are within the report
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 72 Mineral Deposits of Luna County, New Mexico by GEORGE B. GRISWOLD 1961 STATE BUREAU OF.............................................. 9 El Paso limestone ................................................... East-striking fault belts and the Texas lineament ............................. 26 26 26............................... 29 MINING IN LUNA COUNTY .................................................Prospects in Cretaceous sediments west of the Black Hawk mine ...............................................
Report (issue)
.................................. 34 Dona Ana County ...................................................................................... 36 Rincon mine ...................................................................................... 38 Sheriff mine ....................................................................................... 38 Grant County ........................................................................................... 40 El Paso limestone ....................................
Report (issue)
"~~~~ ;' . . --~ -=- -:=~"' ~?/: :;; - WEST TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY and · SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...Faick Hardie Ordonez Road log - Silver City to El Paso L. A. Nelson Editorial Committee W. A. Waldschmidt...Waldschmidt - Chairman E. Russell Lloyd OFFICERS OF WEST TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY William T. Schneider, President...Storms, Sec'y-Treas. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The West Texas G~ological Society and the Southwestern New Mexico...• . • . • . • . • ~ Road Log - Silver City to El Paso (By L.A. Nelson) • . . . • ~ .39 39 39 40 41
Report (volume)
varying chemical compositions and therefore a wide range of colors. Impurities, such as iron, chromium, and...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...and Webber Hill, El Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral...Corral, Nevada County; Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great
Report (issue)
Geology of the Sierra Diablo Region Texas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 480 Geology of...of the Sierra Diablo Region Texas By PHILIP B. KING With SPECIAL DETERMINATIVE STUDIES OF PERMIAN FOSSILS...of the varied rocks and structures of a mountain range and its foothills in the Trans-Pecos Region^ with...Formation_________________ Sequence in Carrizo Mountains.__________ Metamorphic features.__________________...____ Calcareous division.____________________ El Paso Limestone_________________________ Division A_
Report (issue)
excursions in New Mexico and adjacent areas of Texas and Colorado Prepared for the Geological Society...Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968; 'New Mexico Bureau of Mines... DONALD E. HATITN, Ind. Univ. ALONZO D. JACKA, Texas Tech. Univ. DAVID B. JOHNSON, NMT WILLIAM E. KING...field of southern New Mexico and the Franklin Mountains of west Texas E. Y. Anthony', C. G. Barnes', W.... University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968; ²Department of Geology, Texas Tech University
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
coarse xline galena has been found in the Aleo lead mine in Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., III. INDIANA—Slender...13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact location but...imprints of fern leaves at an abandoned oil shale mine southeast of the city."—note sent in by A/2C Lawrence...N.H. N E W JERSEY-From Paulison's Sink Cave, Franklin, Sussex Co., N.J., we have a specimen of gray...Church St., Franklin, N.J. ROCKS AND MINERALS N E W M E X I C 0 - " S i n c e attending Texas Western College
Report (issue)
the Central Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, and Cochise County, Arizona b y ELLIOT GILL..............................................18 El Paso limestone .................................................................... 95 Carbonate Hill mine .................................................................................. 95 Silver Hill mine .................................................................................. 97 Johnny Bull mine ...............................................
Report (issue)
.................................... Caballo Mountains ................................................................................. San Andres Mountains ................................................................................. Sacramento Mountains ................................................Robledo Mountains .......................................................... Northern Franklin Mountains............. 28 5. Apache Canyon area, Robledo Mountains .......................................... 48
Report (issue)
Week. New York City. Pipeliner. El Paso Natural Gas Company, El Paso, Tex. Pit and Quarry. Chicago, Ill...Thesis—Texas Technological College Thesis. Lubbock, Tex. Tex. Univ. Thesis—University of Texas Thesis...Bur. Econ. Geol. Pub.; Rpt. Inv.—University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology Publications; Report...Muehlberger, W. R., 5. Geology of Chama area, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico: Tex. Univ., M.A. thesis, 97 p, 3 maps...Titaniferous Cretaceous beach placer in McKinley County, New Mexico [abs.]: Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., v. 67
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 33 Geologic Section of the Black Range at Kingston, New Mexico BY FREDERICK J. KUELLMER Structure...Structure and stratigraphy of the Black Range, detailed petrology of igneous rocks, and general guides............................................. 12 El Paso limestone .......................................Figure 1. Generalized rock section of the Black Range at Kingston ...............................5 Figure...sandstone—hematitic, glauconitic, or . quartzose; (2) Ordovician El Paso limestone—bluish-gray slabby to massive, with abundant
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (issue)
.................................. Little Jewess-El Oro veins............................... Sweetwater........... Black Colt mine.......................................... Comstock mine.................................. Lady Franklin mine....................................... Superior mine....................mines..................................... Iron King mine........................................... Brush...States mines......................... Ingersoil mine........................................... 1 1
Report (issue)
........................................... 8 El Paso group ....................................................................................... 77 Mine workings .........................................Lake Valley formation in various parts of Cooks Range and the Lake Valley area .........................section in Cooks Range (part 1) ... 32 2. Composite stratigraphic section in Cooks Range (part 2) ... 33...33 3. Composite stratigraphic section in Cooks Range (part 3) ... 34 4. Composite stratigraphic section
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
— note from Mrs. Strong. Inyo Mts. are in Inyo County in S/E California. COLORADO — "A friend and I,...our trips, visited the Paint Mines at Calhan, El Paso Co., Colo. They are approx. 2 miles S/E of Calhan...Jerry Strong collecting quartz crystals in the Inyo Range, California. ROCKS A N D MINERALS "The geography...are iron oxides but they are limonite (not hematite). They are limonite concretions, brownish rounded...in diam. with a rough surface. Calhan, in N / E El Paso Co., is in central Colorado. CONNECTICUT — Some
Report (issue)
97 Geology of San Diego Mountain Area Doña Ana County, New Mexico by WILLIAM R. SEAGER JOHN W. HA WLEY...trough and adjacent uplifts from the Caballo Mountains southward to Las Cruces. The project was initiated... and reconnaissance mapping of the Black Range-Cooks Range region is completed or in progress. Our ultimate.............................................. 3 El Paso Group ...........................................Dona Ana County, New Mexico Abstract The San Diego Mountain area in north-central Dona Ana County includes
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil .................... 239 by C. G. Doll Across the San Juan Mountains ........................................................ 243 by T. A. Rickard Allactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey...................in care of Ed Raines, 11902 Queensbury, Houston, Texas 77024. 7. Entries judged on the basis of subject
Report (issue)
¥ TEXAS ROCKS AND \ r - An Amateur’s Guide ;s ROSELLE M. GIRARD A b OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V N IVERSITY...The University of Texas Austin, Texas Peter T. Flawn, Director Guidebook 6 TEXAS ROCKS AND MINERALS...Rock identification charts Descriptions of some Texas rocks and minerals Anhydrite ................................. ................................ Limonite ................................................Composition, hardness, and specific gravity of some Texas minerals Pace 25 26 39 40 43 43 43 44 45 46 47
 
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