| Deposit ID | 10022059 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01874 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lakeside-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.53284, 33.8093 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 311 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO ABOUT 4.4 MI SW OF U.S. HWY. 281 IN WICHITA FALLS, ON TEXAS HWY. 79. TURN E. 1 MI. GO S. AND SE ABOUT 0.3 MI. POSSIBLY ALONG THIS ROAD, OR ALONG THE CREEK ADJACENT TO THE ROAD, SOME COPPER MIGHT BE SEEN. THE CREEKS WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THIS SPOT MAY HAVE EXPOSURES OF COPPER BEDS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Archer(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lake Wichita(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sandstone | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Petrolia Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Petrolia Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Petrolia Formation |
| Rock description | Petrolia Formation |
| (1) | -98.53284, 33.8093 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less To Nnw, Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | ENE |
| Dip | NNW 30 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1864 |
| Discoverer | A.R. Roessler Or Col. J.B. Barry |
| District name | Wichita Falls |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROP |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01874 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-ARC-07 |
HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., COMPILERS, 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.
HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (PETROLIA FORMATION).
ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, NO. 427, 31 P., MAP.
ROESSLER, A.R., 1876A, NEW MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN ALBERT HANFORD'S TEXAS STATE REGISTER FOR 1876 (GALVESTON, 146 P.), (P. 86-90, MAP) (1 INCH = 66 MI).
ROESSLER, A.R., 1877, NEW MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, PREPARED FOR BURKE'S TEXAS ALMANAC FOR 1877 (WASHINGTON, D.C., 1 INCH = 42 MI).
CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 449).
ROESSLER, A.R., 1868, COPPER ORES IN TEXAS: SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS, OCTOBER 16, 1868
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE COPPER COULD BE WIDESPREAD. |
| Deposit | ROESSLER (1876A; 1877, MAP) SHOWS A COPPER LOCALITY S. OF THE BEND IN HOLLIDAY CREEK, NEAR THE WICHITA COUNTY LINE. CUMMINS (1891, P.449) MENTIONS COL. BARRY'S TRIP TO WICHITA CO. ROESSLER (1868) MENTIONS WICHITA CO. COPPER ALSO. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1864 OR 1868 OR BEFORE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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