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Anarene-1

Occurrence in Archer county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022060
MRDS ID DE01875
Record type Site
Current site name Anarene-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.65395, 33.46735 (WGS84)
Elevation 360
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 8 MI SW OF ARCHER CITY ON TEXAS HWY. 79 TO ANARENE. GO 1.25 MI SW OF ANARENE TO ROAD ON E. SIDE. GO 1.1 MI TO TOP OF HILL (EL. 1190 FT).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Archer(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bobcat Bluff(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Graham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper West Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Upper Trinity(hydrologic accounting unit)

Trinity(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Archer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
10 SW OF SW OF SW Texas

Comments on the location information

  • IN BLOCK A-240, JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL LAND SURVEY (THE SECTIONS ARE ONE-HALF BY ONE-HALF MILES). PROBABLY WITHIN 300 FT TO N. IS WHERE COPPER WAS PROBABLY LOCATED. AN EXACT LOCATION WAS NOT GIVEN. IT IS SHOWN TO BE ON A RIDGE BETWEEN THE HEAD OF UNION CREEK AND THE SW BEND IN THE WEST FORK OF THE TRINITY RIVER. THIS WOULD BE IN SANDSTONE NO. 6 OF THE ARCHER CITY FORMATION OF HENTZ AND BROWN (1987).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Archer City Formation Of Cisco Group
    Rock description Archer City Formation Of Cisco Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Archer City Formation Of Cisco Group
    Rock description Archer City Formation Of Cisco Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.65395, 33.46735
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip To Nw, Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY HENTZ AND BROWN (1987), HENTZ (1988), AND ROMER (1974).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Discoverer A.R. Roessler

Mining district

District name Bobcat Bluff

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE COULD BE MORE COPPER IN THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY SEVERAL MILES TO THE SW.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROP
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on development

  • ROESSLER (1870) MENTIONS EXPLORING THIS AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (ARCHER CITY FORMATION).

  • Deposit

    ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, NO. 427, 31 P., MAP.

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1870, DALLAS HERALD, MAY 7, 1870, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1876A, SOME ACCOUNT OF THE MINERAL WEALTH OF TEXAS, AND NEW MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN ALBERT HANFORD'S TEXAS STATE REGISTER FOR 1876 (146 P.), P. 86-90, MAP.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1977, PROSPECTING AND MINING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 118)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROESSLER (1876A, MAP) IS REFERENCE. ROESSLER (MAY 7, 1870, P. 1), AS QUOTED BY HALE (1977, P. 118), MENTIONS LOOKING FOR COPPER IN ARCHER, YOUNG, AND WICHITA COUNTIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-93 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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