| Deposit ID | 10022069 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01886 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Edith |
| Geographic coordinates: | -100.61178, 31.90489 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 596 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | BY ROAD, THE COMMUNITY OF EDITH IS 10 MI W. OF ROBERT LEE, ON TEXAS HWY. 158. BY DIRECT MEASUREMENT, A POINT 1.5 MI W. OF EDITH WOULD BE 10 MI W. OF ROBERT LEE, ABOUT 0.5 MI S. OF ROAD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Coke(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Edith(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Robert Lee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
San Angelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Coke |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Whitehorse Group | ||||||||
| Rock description | Whitehorse Group | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Whitehorse Group--Rush Springs Sandstone About 120 Ft Below Cloud Chief Formation |
| Rock description | Whitehorse Group--Rush Springs Sandstone About 120 Ft Below Cloud Chief Formation |
| (1) | Whitehorse Group, undivided |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip To W. Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch. |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | NNE |
| Dip | WNW OF 30 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1972 |
| Discoverer | James A. Weaver |
| District name | Robert Lee |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROP |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01886 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-COK-01 |
EIFLER, G.K., JR., 1974B, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, SAN ANGELO SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 5 P., SCALE 1:250,000.
BEEDE, J.W., AND BENTLEY, W.P., 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1850, 82 P. (P. 34-35, 37-38, MAP).
HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH MINING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF WEST TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 152)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IF THIS IS IN THE WHITEHORSE GROUP, IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE HIGHEST OCCURRENCES OF COPPER IN THE PERMIAN OF THE MIDCONTINENT. |
| Deposit | HALE (1972, P. 152) MENTIONED THAT ON NOVEMBER 15, 1971, MR. SONNY GANN TOLD HIM THAT JAMES A. WEAVER FOUND COPPER ORE 10 MI W. OF ROBERT LEE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1993 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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