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Cave Peak deposit, Sierra Diablo, Culberson County, Texas, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 26' 35'' North , 104° 52' 45'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
31.44333,-104.87917
GeoHash:
G#: 9tt6vkj6d
GRN:
N21W65
Type:
Deposit
KΓΆppen climate type:
BWk : Cold desert climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Van Horn1,928 (2017)45.0km
Sierra Blanca553 (2011)54.3km
Dell City353 (2017)62.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
42052
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:42052:6
GUID (UUID V4):
3be2eaa8-629f-4429-a221-2bb24f3f3a21
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Marble Canyon mine


35 miles north of Van Horn
Alteration: Biotization, Silicification (Inner And Outer Zones), Argillization; Some Contact Metamorphism Of Surrounding Permian Dolomites And Shales

Deposit: Porphyry-type Mo deposit; breccia pipe complex. Ore is oxidized from 200 to 600 ft depth with sulfide extending from 300 to 1000 ft depth and a second sulfide orebody at 1500 ft depth. A deep sulfide target extends from 3000 to 4500 ft depth. The main (cave peak) breccia pipe is a 2500 ft diameter rhyolite breccia mass with a composite intrusive core of older quartz monzonite porphyry and quartz latite porphyry cut by a younger plug of quartz monzonite porphyry. This record incorporated data from duplicate record d000622 by robert u. King (74 08) which has been deleted.

Deposit type: Climax Mo

Development: Intermittent exploration from pre-1914 to present; core drilling intermittent since mid-1960's. Union carbide in 1970 drilled 26 holes with 23,000 ft cumulative length. Over 42,000 ft of diamond drilling by 1978, mostly by union carbide and draco mines.

Geology: Diopside-tremolite-calcite marbles, spurrite-merwinite-periclase hornfels, and grossularite-idocrase-wollastonite hornfels in the contact zones.

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42 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Aegirine
Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6
β“˜ 'Allanite Group'
Formula: (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
β“˜ Antimony
Formula: Sb
β“˜ 'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
β“˜ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
β“˜ Baddeleyite
Formula: ZrO2
β“˜ 'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
β“˜ Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
β“˜ Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
β“˜ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
β“˜ Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
β“˜ 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'
β“˜ Copper
Formula: Cu
β“˜ Covellite
Formula: CuS
β“˜ Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
β“˜ Ferrimolybdite
Formula: Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
β“˜ Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
β“˜ Goethite
Formula: Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH)
β“˜ Grossular
Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
β“˜ Hercynite
Formula: Fe2+Al2O4
β“˜ HΓΌbnerite
Formula: MnWO4
β“˜ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
β“˜ Ilsemannite
Formula: Mo3O8 · nH2O
β“˜ Jarosite
Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
β“˜ Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
β“˜ Lepidocrocite
Formula: γ-Fe3+O(OH)
β“˜ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
β“˜ Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
β“˜ Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
β“˜ Merwinite
Formula: Ca3Mg(SiO4)2
β“˜ Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
β“˜ Nepheline
Formula: Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
β“˜ Periclase
Formula: MgO
β“˜ Perovskite
Formula: CaTiO3
β“˜ Powellite
Formula: Ca(MoO4)
β“˜ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
β“˜ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Rutile
Formula: TiO2
β“˜ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
β“˜ Thorianite
Formula: ThO2
β“˜ Tremolite
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
β“˜ Vesuvianite
Formula: Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
β“˜ 'Wolframite Group'
β“˜ Wollastonite
Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)
β“˜ Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)
β“˜ Zirkelite
Formula: (Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
β“˜Copper1.AA.05Cu
β“˜Antimony1.CA.05Sb
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Chalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
β“˜Covellite2.CA.05aCuS
β“˜Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
β“˜Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
β“˜Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
β“˜Molybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
β“˜Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
β“˜Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
β“˜Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 3 - Halides
β“˜Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Goethite4.00.Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH)
β“˜Cuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
β“˜Periclase4.AB.25MgO
β“˜Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
β“˜Hercynite4.BB.05Fe2+Al2O4
β“˜Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
β“˜Perovskite4.CC.30CaTiO3
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
β“˜Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
β“˜Cassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
β“˜HΓΌbnerite4.DB.30MnWO4
β“˜'Wolframite Group'4.DB.30 va
β“˜Baddeleyite4.DE.35ZrO2
β“˜Thorianite4.DL.05ThO2
β“˜Zirkelite4.DL.05(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x
β“˜Lepidocrocite4.FE.15Ξ³-Fe3+O(OH)
β“˜Ilsemannite4.FJ.15Mo3O8 Β· nH2O
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
β“˜Jarosite7.BC.10KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
β“˜Powellite7.GA.05Ca(MoO4)
β“˜Wulfenite7.GA.05Pb(MoO4)
β“˜Ferrimolybdite7.GB.30Fe2(MoO4)3 Β· nH2O
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Merwinite9.AD.15Ca3Mg(SiO4)2
β“˜Grossular9.AD.25Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
β“˜Vesuvianite9.BG.35Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(β—»4)β—»[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
β“˜Aegirine9.DA.25NaFe3+Si2O6
β“˜Tremolite9.DE.10β—»Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
β“˜Wollastonite9.DG.05Ca3(Si3O9)
β“˜Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
β“˜Chrysocolla9.ED.20Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 Β· nH2O, x < 1
β“˜Nepheline9.FA.05Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Unclassified
β“˜'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'-
β“˜'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
β“˜'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
β“˜'Allanite Group'-(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Hβ“˜ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Hβ“˜ FerrimolybditeFe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
Hβ“˜ GoethiteΞ±-Fe3+O(OH)
Hβ“˜ IlsemanniteMo3O8 · nH2O
Hβ“˜ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Hβ“˜ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hβ“˜ Lepidocrociteγ-Fe3+O(OH)
Hβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Hβ“˜ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Hβ“˜ Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
CCarbon
Cβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Oβ“˜ BaddeleyiteZrO2
Oβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oβ“˜ CassiteriteSnO2
Oβ“˜ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Oβ“˜ CupriteCu2O
Oβ“˜ FerrimolybditeFe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
Oβ“˜ GoethiteΞ±-Fe3+O(OH)
Oβ“˜ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Oβ“˜ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Oβ“˜ HΓΌbneriteMnWO4
Oβ“˜ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oβ“˜ IlsemanniteMo3O8 · nH2O
Oβ“˜ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Oβ“˜ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oβ“˜ Lepidocrociteγ-Fe3+O(OH)
Oβ“˜ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ MerwiniteCa3Mg(SiO4)2
Oβ“˜ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
Oβ“˜ PericlaseMgO
Oβ“˜ PerovskiteCaTiO3
Oβ“˜ PowelliteCa(MoO4)
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ RutileTiO2
Oβ“˜ ThorianiteThO2
Oβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Oβ“˜ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
Oβ“˜ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Oβ“˜ Zirkelite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x
Oβ“˜ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Oβ“˜ Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
FFluorine
Fβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fβ“˜ FluoriteCaF2
Fβ“˜ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
NaSodium
Naβ“˜ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Naβ“˜ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mgβ“˜ MerwiniteCa3Mg(SiO4)2
Mgβ“˜ PericlaseMgO
Mgβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Mgβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Alβ“˜ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Alβ“˜ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Alβ“˜ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Alβ“˜ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Alβ“˜ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
Alβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Siβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Siβ“˜ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Siβ“˜ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Siβ“˜ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siβ“˜ MerwiniteCa3Mg(SiO4)2
Siβ“˜ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Siβ“˜ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Siβ“˜ Allanite Group(A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
PPhosphorus
Pβ“˜ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sβ“˜ ChalcociteCu2S
Sβ“˜ CovelliteCuS
Sβ“˜ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Sβ“˜ MarcasiteFeS2
Sβ“˜ MolybdeniteMoS2
Sβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
Sβ“˜ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sβ“˜ SphaleriteZnS
ClChlorine
Clβ“˜ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
Kβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Kβ“˜ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Kβ“˜ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ FluoriteCaF2
Caβ“˜ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Caβ“˜ MerwiniteCa3Mg(SiO4)2
Caβ“˜ PerovskiteCaTiO3
Caβ“˜ PowelliteCa(MoO4)
Caβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Caβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Caβ“˜ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Caβ“˜ Zirkelite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x
Caβ“˜ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
TiTitanium
Tiβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Tiβ“˜ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Tiβ“˜ PerovskiteCaTiO3
Tiβ“˜ RutileTiO2
Tiβ“˜ Zirkelite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x
MnManganese
Mnβ“˜ HΓΌbneriteMnWO4
FeIron
Feβ“˜ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Feβ“˜ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Feβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feβ“˜ FerrimolybditeFe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
Feβ“˜ GoethiteΞ±-Fe3+O(OH)
Feβ“˜ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Feβ“˜ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Feβ“˜ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Feβ“˜ Lepidocrociteγ-Fe3+O(OH)
Feβ“˜ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feβ“˜ MarcasiteFeS2
Feβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
Feβ“˜ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Feβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
CuCopper
Cuβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cuβ“˜ ChalcociteCu2S
Cuβ“˜ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Cuβ“˜ CovelliteCuS
Cuβ“˜ CupriteCu2O
Cuβ“˜ CopperCu
Cuβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Znβ“˜ SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
Asβ“˜ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
ZrZirconium
Zrβ“˜ BaddeleyiteZrO2
Zrβ“˜ Zirkelite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x
MoMolybdenum
Moβ“˜ FerrimolybditeFe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O
Moβ“˜ IlsemanniteMo3O8 · nH2O
Moβ“˜ MolybdeniteMoS2
Moβ“˜ PowelliteCa(MoO4)
Moβ“˜ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
SnTin
Snβ“˜ CassiteriteSnO2
SbAntimony
Sbβ“˜ AntimonySb
WTungsten
Wβ“˜ HΓΌbneriteMnWO4
PbLead
Pbβ“˜ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
ThThorium
Thβ“˜ ThorianiteThO2

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References

Warner, L., Et Al, (1959), Occurrence of Non-pegmatitic Beryllium in the U.S.: USGS Pp 318
Sharp, J.E., (1979), Cave Peak, a Molybdenum-mineralized Breccia Pipe Complex in Culberson County, Texas: Economic Geology, V. 74, P. 517-534.
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.
Smith, Arthur E. (1991) Texas Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 66 (3) 196-224 doi:10.1080/00357529.1991.11761622
AudΓ©tat, A. (2010) Source and Evolution of Molybdenum in the Porphyry Mo(-Nb) Deposit at Cave Peak,Texas. Journal of Petrology 51(8),1739-1760.
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