Mercury Mines in Texas
40Total Sites
0Active
Mercury Mining in Texas
Texas has 40 mercury-related mine and mineral deposit locations recorded in federal databases. None are currently listed as active, but historical records document past production and geological occurrences. Data comes from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration records.
By County
| County | Sites |
|---|---|
| Brewster County | 37 |
| Presidio County | 3 |
Mercury Mines
| Mine | County | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Walls Mine | Brewster | Underground | Past Producer |
| Brown Prospects | Brewster | Surface-Underground | Occurrence |
| Canyon Group Prospect | Brewster | Underground | Prospect |
| Chisos Mine | Brewster | Underground | Past Producer |
| Colquitt Tigner Mine | Brewster | Past Producer | |
| Coltrin's Camp Occurrence | Brewster | Occurrence | |
| Contrabando Dome Mine | Presidio | Surface-Underground | Past Producer |
| Duncan Mine | Brewster | Surface-Underground | Past Producer |
| Fernandes Mine | Brewster | Past Producer | |
| Fresno Mine | Presidio | Surface-Underground | Past Producer |
| Lafarelle | Brewster | Surface | Occurrence |
| Le Roi Prospect | Brewster | Surface-Underground | Occurrence |
| Little Thirty-Eight Mine | Brewster | Underground | Past Producer |
| Lone Star Mine | Brewster | Surface-Underground | Past Producer |
| Lowe Prospect | Brewster | Surface-Underground | Prospect |
| Maggie Sink Mine (Bobs) | Brewster | Surface-Underground | Past Producer |
| Marathon Dome Prospect | Brewster | Prospect | |
| Margaret D Mine | Brewster | Surface-Underground | Past Producer |
| Mariposa Mine | Brewster | Surface-Underground | Past Producer |
| Mariscal Mine | Brewster | Underground | Past Producer |
| Monte Cristo and Croesus Claims | Brewster | Underground | Past Producer |
| Pickens Oil Prospect | Brewster | Occurrence | |
| Rainbow Mine | Brewster | Underground | Past Producer |
| Rio Grande Prospect (sec. 70, Block 341) | Brewster | Underground | Occurrence |
| Rio Grande Quicksilver Co. Claims (sec. 40, Block G-12) | Brewster | Occurrence | |
| Sample Group Mine | Brewster | Surface-Underground | Past Producer |
| Section 98 Prospects | Brewster | Occurrence | |
| Star Mine | Brewster | Surface-Underground | Past Producer |
| Study Butte Mine | Brewster | Underground | Past Producer |
| Tarrant Property In Sec. 18 | Brewster | Past Producer | |
| Tarrant Property In Sec. 39 | Brewster | Underground | Past Producer |
| Terlingua District | Brewster | Past Producer | |
| Two-Forty-Eight Mine | Brewster | Underground | Past Producer |
| Unnamed Mine | Brewster | Past Producer | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Brewster | Occurrence | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Brewster | Occurrence | |
| Unnamed Prospects | Brewster | Occurrence | |
| Unnamed Prospects | Brewster | Occurrence | |
| Waldron Workings In Sec. 40 | Brewster | Underground | Past Producer |
| Whit-Roy Mine | Presidio | Underground | Past Producer |