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Tabletop Mountain-1

Past Producer in Baylor 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022061
MRDS ID DE01876
Record type Site
Current site name Tabletop Mountain-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.28008, 33.67319 (WGS84)
Elevation 424
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 4.5 MI N. OF SEYMOUR ON TEXAS HWYS. 2582 AND 1919. GO 1.5 MI NW OF JUNCTION, ON HWY. 1919, TO CREST OF HILL (1360 FT HIGH). WALK NNE AND NE FOR 1 MI ALONG HILL TO 1390 FT TO CREST OF TABLETOP MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baylor(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Southwest Lake Kemp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Kemp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wichita(hydrologic unit)

Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Baylor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
} } 3;2}3 E2 OF SW OF SW (02); CENTER OF E LINE OF NE OF SE OF SE (03) Texas

Comments on the location information

  • IN BLOCK A-169, HOUSTON, TAP, AND BRAZORIA R.R. CO. SURVEY, AND IN BLOCK A-1572, SOUTHERN PACIFIC R.R. CO. SURVEY. ELEVATION GIVEN ABOVE IS AT TOP OF TABLETOP MOUNTAIN. (THE COPPER PROBABLY OCCURS AT ABOUT 1300-1350 FT.) (THE WICHITA RIVER IS AT EL. 1140 FT, ABOUT 4.5 MI N.) THE COPPER WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN, BUT I DO NOT KNOW HOW FAR DOWN. CUMMINS (1891, P. 453) MEASURED 100 FT OF BEDS HERE, WITH A LIMESTONE AT THE TOP, BUT DID NOT MENTION WHERE THE COPPER WAS FOUND. HE ALSO MEASURED A 35-FT SECTION, 3 MI TO THE NW OF THE TABLETOP SECTION, 0.75 MI W. OF THE CLEMMON SHAFT, WITH COPPER NODULES IN A CONGLOMERATE 1 FT THICK, ABOUT 6 FT OF RED-BROWN SHALE AND SANDSTONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Clear Fork Group, Vale Formation, Sandstone No. 5
    Rock description Clear Fork Group, Vale Formation, Sandstone No. 5
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Clear Fork Group, Vale Formation, Sandstone No. 5
    Rock description Clear Fork Group, Vale Formation, Sandstone No. 5

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.28008, 33.67319
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED SANDSTONE 5
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NNE
    Dip WNW 30 FT/MI OR LESS

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 GARRETT, LLOYD, AND LASKEY (1930), AND HENTZ AND BROWN (1987). TABLETOP MOUNTAIN IS CAPPED BY A 4-FT LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1854
Discoverer Randolph B. March
Year of last production 1886
Production years ?-1886?

Mining district

District name Seymour

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wharton, A. B.
    First year 1929

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • APPARENTLY, THE COPPER OCCURS IN SHALE, SANDSTONE, AND CONGLOMERATE OVER MANY SQUARE MILES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Name of workings SEVERAL DEEP SHAFTS WERE SUNK BEFORE 1889
    Area 129.504HA

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL TONS OF COPPER ORE WERE TAKEN OUT A FEW YEARS BEFORE 1889, ACCORDING TO CUMMINS (1890, P. 196; 1891, P. 453, PL. 18); SEVERAL DEEP SHAFTS WERE SUNK, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND POUNDS OF ORE WERE TAKEN OUT. MORE COPPER WAS 3 MI TO NW (CUMMINS, 1893, P. 233). SEVERAL TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED TO A SMELTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARCY, R.B., 1856, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT 60, 34TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, 48 P. (P. 8).

  • Deposit

    PARKER, W.B., 1856, NOTES...MARCY...1854: HAYS AND ZELL, PHIL., 242 P.

  • Deposit

    MARCY, R.B., 1866, THIRTY YEARS ARMY LIFE: NEW YORK, HARPER AND BROS., 442 P. (P. 188).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1890, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST ANNUAL REPORT, P. 185-197 (P. 188, 196).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 451, 453, PL. 18).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 233).

  • Deposit

    RICHARD, L.M., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 7, P. 634-650 (P. 641).

  • Deposit

    GARRETT, M.M., LLOYD, A.M., AND LASKEY, G.E., COMPILERS, 1930, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BAYLOR CO., TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, J.W., AND LEE, ERNEST, 1947, MARCY...1854: WEST TEXAS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, YEARBOOK, V. 23, P. 107-132 (P. 117).

  • Deposit

    NEIGHBORS, K.F., 1975, ROBERT SIMPSON NEIGHBORS AND THE TEXAS FRONTIER, 1836-1859: WACO, TEXTAN PRESS, 349 P. (P. 140, 163, 304).

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    PETERMAN, A., 1859, KAPITAN R.B. MARCY'S ERFORSCHUNG DES QUELLGEBIETES DES BIG WITCHITA UND BRAZOS IM INNERN VON NORD-AMERIKA: MITTHEILUNGEN AUS JUSTUS PERTHES GEOGRAPHISCHER ANSTALT UBER WICHTIGE NEUE ERFORSCHUNGEN AUF DEM GESSAMTGEBIETE DER GEOGRAPHIE VON DR. A. PETERMANN (GOTHA; JUSTUS PERTHES), GERMANY, P. 36-40, PL. 2 (MAP) (P. 38, MAP).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CUMMINS (1891, PL. 18) SHOWED 3 PROSPECTS IN THIS AREA.
Deposit MARCY SAW COPPER ON JULY 26, 1854, AT BASE OF TABLETOP MOUNTAIN. REFERENCES ARE MARCY (1854, P. 8; 1866, P. 188), NEIGHBOURS (1975, P. 140, 163, 304), PARKER (1856, P. 140-141), WILLIAMS AND LEE (1947, P. 117), CUMMINS (1890, P. 196; 1891, P. 451, 453, PL. 18; 1893, P. 233), AND RICHARD (1915, P. 641). PETERMANN (1859) MENTIONS THIS COPPER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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