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Found alongside
Pyrite
Mohs 6–6.5. Brassy “fool’s gold,” often cubic. Mindat
66 sites
Quartz
Mohs 7. Six-sided points; smoky quartz is NH’s state gem. Mindat
26 sites
Copper
Mohs 2.5–3. Native copper is soft and turns green as it weathers. Mindat
23 sites
Silver
Mohs 2.5–3. Native silver tarnishes black. Mindat
19 sites
Galena
Mohs 2.5–2.75. Heavy, silvery lead ore that breaks into cubes. Mindat
14 sites
Fluorite
Mohs 4. Cubes in purple, green or yellow; many glow under UV. Mindat
14 sites
Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.
By county
Brewster County (14) · Culberson County (12) · Presidio County (8) · Hudspeth County (7) · Llano County (5) · Live Oak County (4) · Karnes County (3) · El Paso County (3) · Fort Bend County (2) · Webb County (1) · Chambers County (1) · Gonzales County (1) · Bee County (1) · Pecos County (1) · Burnet County (1) · Blanco County (1) · Morris County (1)
Sites (first 60)
| Site | Commodity | Minerals recorded | Status | Approx. location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Mine | Silver, Copper | Acanthite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Silver | Past Producer | 31.170, -104.901 |
| Burney Mine | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead | Acanthite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 29.901, -104.512 |
| Baringer Hill Mine | REE, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium, Beryllium | Allanite, Chalcopyrite, Fergusonite, Gadolinite, Molybdenite, Polycrase, Sphalerite, Yttrialite | Past Producer | 30.778, -98.433 |
| Presidio Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc | Anglesite, Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Descloizite, Endlichite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Iron, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 29.813, -104.329 |
| Boling Dome Mine | Sulfur, Halite | Anhydrite, Barite, Galena, Halite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Producer | 29.271, -95.904 |
| Cave Peak Deposit | Molybdenum | Antimony, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Ferrimolybdite, Goethite, Huebnerite, Ilsemannite, Jarosite, Lepidocrocite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wolframite | Prospect | 31.444, -104.880 |
| Blackshaft Mine | Copper, Silver | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite | Past Producer | 31.139, -104.925 |
| Hitt Canyon Prospect | Copper, Iron | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Magnetite | Occurrence | 31.992, -106.481 |
| Anaconda Number One Prospect | Copper | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite, Tennantite | Occurrence | 31.881, -104.947 |
| Hackney Mine | Uranium | Carnotite, Ilsemannite, Iriginite, Tyuyamunite, Vordisite | Past Producer | 28.866, -98.147 |
| El Paso Mine | Tin | Cassiterite, Wolframite | Past Producer | 31.936, -106.488 |
| Tom Mays Park Prospect | Copper, Arsenic | Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla | Occurrence | 31.914, -106.506 |
| Schneider Prospect | Copper | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite | Occurrence | 30.735, -98.896 |
| Dallas Prospect | Copper, Silver | Chalcopyrite | Occurrence | 31.142, -104.872 |
| Red Hills Prospect | Copper, Molybdenum | Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Sphalerite | Prospect | 29.804, -104.402 |
| Bonanza Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Greenockite, Hemimorphite, Limonite, Malachite, Smithsonite | Past Producer | 31.187, -105.501 |
| Pecos Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite | Past Producer | 31.225, -104.906 |
| Sancho Panza Mine | Copper, Silver | Chalcopyrite, Digenite | Past Producer | 31.144, -104.940 |
| Hunter Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Uranium, Gold | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Magnetite, Pitchblende, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Torbernite | Past Producer | 31.189, -105.451 |
| Papaloti South Prospect | Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite | Occurrence | 29.961, -104.329 |
| Love Tank Mine | Lead, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite | Past Producer | 31.183, -105.514 |
| Ojo Bonito Prospect | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | Occurrence | 29.975, -104.358 |
| Bird Mine | Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc | Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Hematite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Producer | 30.343, -103.517 |
| Anaconda Number Two Prospect | Copper | Chalcopyrite, Malachite | Occurrence | 31.130, -104.973 |
| Unnamed Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Past Producer | 29.429, -103.797 |
| Rossman Prospect | Copper | Chrysocolla, Covellite, Hematite, Pyrite | Occurrence | 30.772, -105.009 |
| Contrabando Dome Mine | Mercury | Cinnabar | Past Producer | 29.319, -103.819 |
| Tarrant Property in Sec. 18 | Mercury | Cinnabar | Past Producer | 29.318, -103.679 |
| Study Butte Mine | Mercury | Cinnabar | Past Producer | 29.321, -103.527 |
| Lowe Prospect | Mercury | Cinnabar | Prospect | 29.359, -103.736 |
| Fernandes Mine | Mercury | Cinnabar | Past Producer | 29.408, -103.438 |
| Monte Cristo and Croesus Claims | Mercury | Cinnabar | Past Producer | 29.313, -103.703 |
| Chisos Mine | Mercury | Cinnabar | Past Producer | 29.318, -103.620 |
| Two-Forty-Eight Mine | Mercury | Cinnabar | Past Producer | 29.325, -103.567 |
| Mariscal Mine | Mercury | Cinnabar | Past Producer | 29.097, -103.190 |
| Little Thirty-Eight Mine | Mercury | Cinnabar, Metacinnabar | Past Producer | 29.320, -103.655 |
| House-Seale Mine | Uranium | Coffinite | Past Producer | 28.602, -98.213 |
| Smith Mine | Uranium | Coffinite, Uraninite | Past Producer | 29.154, -97.656 |
| Pawnee Mine | Uranium | Coffinite, Uraninite | Past Producer | 28.660, -97.969 |
| Sulfur Creek Mine | Uranium | Coffinite, Uraninite | Past Producer | 28.491, -98.084 |
| Zamzow Mine (IEC) | Uranium | Coffinite, Uraninite | Past Producer | 28.497, -98.062 |
| Lamprecht Mine | Uranium | Coffinite, Uraninite | Past Producer | 28.501, -98.056 |
| Paisano Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Past Producer | 29.461, -103.459 |
| Eagle Mountains Fluorspar District | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Past Producer | 30.934, -105.059 |
| Paisano Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Fluorite | Producer | 29.461, -103.459 |
| Spring Creek Prospect | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Fluorite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Occurrence | 30.778, -98.292 |
| Los Nietos Occurrence | Zinc, Lead | Galena | Occurrence | 30.959, -102.659 |
| Milby Peak Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Galena, Hemimorphite, Pyrite | Occurrence | 31.183, -105.462 |
| Queen Anne Prospect | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Galena, Pyrite | Occurrence | 31.183, -105.512 |
| Scott Klett Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | Occurrence | 30.292, -98.375 |
| Barbers Hill Mine | Halite | Halite | Past Producer | 29.800, -94.920 |
| Olive Mine | Iron | Magnetite | Past Producer | 30.794, -98.572 |
| Marvin-Judson Prospect | Copper, Silver | Pyrite | Occurrence | 31.167, -104.927 |
| Llano | Platinum, Bismuth | Pyrite | Occurrence | 30.753, -98.676 |
| Mohawk Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead | Pyrite | Past Producer | 31.162, -104.957 |
| Phillips Ranch Mine | Sulfur | Sulfur | Past Producer | 31.647, -104.210 |
| Benavides Mine | Uranium | — | Past Producer | 27.425, -98.784 |
| Lafarelle | Mercury | — | Occurrence | 29.350, -103.690 |
| Panna Maria West Mine | Uranium | — | Past Producer | 28.971, -97.941 |
| Bedford Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite | — | Occurrence | 30.650, -98.556 |
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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.
Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.
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