Franklin Ranch-1

Occurrence in Clay county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10022064
MRDS ID DE01880
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin Ranch-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.21811, 33.81874 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO W. OF HENRIETTA , FROM C. OF TOWN, ABOUT 1.25 MI ON U.S. HWY 82, TO INTERSECTION WITH U.S. HWY. 287. ABOUT 600 FT NNE OF HIGHWAY IS GRAVEL PIT AND BREAK IN HILL. POSSIBLY, SOMEPLACE IN THIS AREA, OR IN THIS PIT, OR POSSIBLY IN THE HIGHWAY CUT, A.E.C. FILE NO. 2437 WAS COLLECTED, CONSISTING OF COPPER MINERALS IN SANDSTONE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clay(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henrietta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
SE OF SE OF NW OF E2 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • IN BLOCK A-454, G. TRUSEDALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAPPED AS SANDSTONE 10 OF NOCONA FORMATION OF HENTZ AND BROWN (1987).

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 Nocona Formation
    Rock description Nocona Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early 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 Sandstone 10 Of Nocona Formation
    Rock description Sandstone 10 Of Nocona Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.21811, 33.81874

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip Nnw Less Than 1 Degree

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike ENE
    Dip LESS THAN 1 DEGREE NNW

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 1973
Discoverer Blair And Others (1973)

Mining district

District name Henrietta

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Franklin Ranch

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROP OR PIT ON N. SIDE OF HIGHWAY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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).

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (P. 6, 16-19, 53).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP OR PIT
Deposit BLAIR AND OTHERS (1973, P. 10, PL. 1) LOC. A.E.C. FILE NO. 2437 IS REFERENCE. COPPER MINERALS IN SANDSTONE ABOVE SHALE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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