| Deposit ID | 10022056 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01870 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Boone Ranch-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.95035, 33.59791 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 335 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO 18 MI E. OF SEYMOUR ON TEX. HWY. 422 TO THE BAYLOR CO.-ARCHER CO. LINE. VEER SLIGHTLY LEFT ON RANCH ROAD FOR 0.15 MI, THEN N. FOR ABOUT 1.2 MI TO END OF ROAD. WALK N. AND NW, FOLLOWING RIDGE, FOR ABOUT 2500 FT TO BLUFF ON GODWIN CREEK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Archer(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dundee SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little Wichita(hydrologic unit)
Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)
Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Archer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Shale | Gangue |
| Result | AEC FILE NO. 2472 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Nocona Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Nocona Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Nocona Formation |
| Rock description | Nocona Formation |
| (1) | -98.95035, 33.59791 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip Nw Off Bend Arch, Less Than 1 Degree |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | LESS THAN 1 DEGREE NW |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1973 |
| Discoverer | Blair And Others (1973) |
| District name | Godwin Creek |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Boone Ranch |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01870 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-ARC-03 |
ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P.
BLAIR, R.G., STEHLE, F.T., AND LEVICH, R.A., 1973, U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM TM-190, 16 P. (P. 10, PL. 1).
HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 21 P., SCALE 1:250,000.
HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (P. 16-19, 53).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OUTCROP |
| Deposit | BLAIR AND OTHERS (1973, P. 10, PL. 1) IS REFERENCE (A.E.C. FILE NO. 2472). EXACT LOCATION NOT GIVEN. CLOSE TO POSITION N. OF WHERE 33 DEGREE 35' LAT. LINE CROSSES W. BORDER OF ARCHER CO., ABOUT 1.5 MI N. OF TEXAS HWY. 422, ON BOONE RANCH. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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