| Deposit ID | 10022065 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01881 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ship Ranch |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.22866, 33.96234 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 287 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO 4 MI S. OF PETROLIA, FROM C. OF TOWN, ON TEXAS HWY. 148. TURN W. ABOUT 0.4 MI. WALK N. ABOUT 1200 FT TO RAVINE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hurnville(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 | Clay |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | NE OF NW OF SW | 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 | Sandstone 4 Of Petrolia Formation |
| Rock description | Sandstone 4 Of Petrolia Formation |
| (1) | -98.22866, 33.96234 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Almost Flat Dip On Electra Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | E-W ON ELECTRA ARCH |
| Dip | ALMOST FLAT |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1973 |
| Discoverer | Blair And Others (1973) |
| District name | Petrolia |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ship Ranch |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01881 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-CLA-03 |
BLAIR, R.G., STEHLE, F.T., AND LEVICH, R.A., 1973, U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM TM-190, 16 P. (P. 10).
ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P.
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.
HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (P. 19-20, 53-54).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SANDSTONE |
| Deposit | OUTCROP |
| Deposit | BLAIR AND OTHERS (1973, P. 10, PL. 1) IS REFERENCE TO COPPER IN SANDSTONE, ABOUT 3 MI S. OF PETROLIA; A.E.C. FILE NO. 2427. FROM PETROLIA FORMATION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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