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Two Forty-eight prospect, Brewster County, Texas, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
29° 19' 35'' North , 103° 34' 2'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Study Butte233 (2011)3.7km
Manuel Benavides916 (2014)40.9km
Álamos de San Antonio131 (2013)50.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
41987
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:41987:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Structure: Asymmetric Terlingua Anticline

Alteration: Argillic Alteration

Deposit: Fracture filling and replacement in and adjacent to a steep breccia pipe. Pipe is at least 800 ft deep and up to 100 ft in diameter. This record includes information from duplicate record d002777 by william j. Hasler (77 06) which has been deleted

Development: Econ.com: mine had problems with h2s gas and flooding. A 40 tpd heereschoff furnace installed 1940.

Geology: Breccia pipe is intruded at several levels by syenogabbro sills and dikes. ; geol.desc: cret. Limestone and shale is cut by n- W trending normal faults. Vertical breccia pipe in cret boquillas flags. Boquillas flags intruded by syenogabbro at 465 feet belo W shaft collar

Rock formation(s): Boquillas & Shale;Buda;Del Rio


Ore(s): Solution Collapse Breccia Pipe In Limestone

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4 valid minerals.

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Formula: Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Habit: trapazohedra
Colour: colorless (brown with bitumen inclusions)
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Cinnabar
Formula: HgS
'Limonite'
'Petroleum'
'Petroleum var. Bitumen'
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Cinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Analcime9.GB.05Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Unclassified
'Limonite'-
'Petroleum
var. Bitumen'
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List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
O CalciteCaCO3
NaSodium
Na AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
AlAluminium
Al AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
SiSilicon
Si AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
SSulfur
S CinnabarHgS
S PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
FeIron
Fe PyriteFeS2
HgMercury
Hg CinnabarHgS

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