| Lat / long: | 30.8774, -104.92218 |
| Primary: | Silver, Copper, Lead |
| Ore: | Acanthite, Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Smithsonite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Limonite |
| Orebody form: | LENSE |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Stratabound |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1934 |
| Last production ended: | 1943 |
| Host rock: | Hueco Limestone |
| Host type: | Siltstone,Sandstone |
| Structure: | Occurs In Horst, Which Has As Its Western Boundary The Rim Rock Fault, A Major Structure In The Region. |
| Tectonic: | Reduction Of The Red Beds And Metal Zonation Are Related To Basin And Range Faulting |
| Alteration processes: | Ore In Reduced Or Formerly Reduced (Now Limonitic) Sandstones |
| MRDS | W701439 |
| DEP | 10100561 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.}{Deposit:: PRICE, J.G. AND OTHERS, 1985, ORIGIN OF SILVER-COPPER-LEAD DEPOSITS IN RED-BED SEQUENCES OF TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 145, 65 P.}{Deposit:: PRICE, J.G., 1982, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATA VERDE MINE, HUDSPETH COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR 70, 34 P. 2}{Deposit:: FIELD WORK BY J.G. PRICE (TX BEG) APRIL 198}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983, P. 75} |
| Reporter | Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R. |