| Deposit ID | 10022066 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01882 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Taylor Estate-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.27533, 34.01068 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 291 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO NW OF PETROLIA ON TEXAS HWY. 810 ABOUT 0.4 MI TO NW EDGE OF TOWN. TURN TO W. ABOUT 2 MI. TURN S. ABOUT 0.5 MI TO CREEK. PROBABLY THE LOCALITY IS ON W. SIDE OF ROAD IN CREEK BANK. EXACT LOCALITY NOT GIVEN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Charlie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Burkburnett(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lawton(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Clay |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | NE OF E2 OF E2 | 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, Sandstone No. 5 |
| Rock description | Petrolia Formation, Sandstone No. 5 |
| (1) | -98.27533, 34.01068 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip To N., Less Than 1 Degree; Off Electra Arch. |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | E-W |
| Dip | LESS THAN 1 DEGREE N. |
| 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 | Taylor (Estate) |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01882 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-CLA-04 |
ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P.
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).
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.
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 | OUTCROP |
| Deposit | OUTCROPS |
| Deposit | STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 19) MENTIONED THAT COPPER OCCURS IN THE DOUBLE MOUNTAIN GROUP. THE SAN ANGELO OCCURS IN THE SE PART OF FISHER COUNTY. |
| Deposit | BLAIR AND OTHERS (1973, P. 10, PL. 1) IS REFERENCE. A.E.C. FILE NO. 2477, COPPER IN SANDSTONE ABOUT 2.5 MI W. OF PETROLIA. EXACT LOCATION NOT GIVEN. |
| Deposit | SANDSTONE LENS (NO. 5?) IN MIDDLE PART OF PETROLIA FORMATION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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