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Baker-1

Occurrence in Coleman 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022070
MRDS ID DE01887
Record type Site
Current site name Baker-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.32536, 31.7474 (WGS84)
Elevation 607
Relative position NO LOCATION GIVEN. THE SEDWICK LIMESTONE OCCURS IN SANTA ANNA, STRIKING N. THE EDWARDS LIMESTONE CAPS TWO BUTTES N. OF SANTA ANNA, WITH ABOUT 250 FT OF RELIEF, AND WITH QUARRIES, TERMED SANTA ANNA MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coleman(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Anna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coleman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brownwood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Colorado(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Concho(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Coleman

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION GIVEN ABOVE IS ON TOP OF EDWARDS L. ; 1600 FT ON CREEKS WITHIN 3 MI OF SANTA ANNA ON MORAN FORMATION. PRESUMABLY, THE METALS WERE SEEN IN THE MORAN FORMATION, BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW. HUDNALL AND PIRTLE (1929) GIVE GEOLOGY ON BASE GRID. THE COLEMAN JUNCTION LIMESTONE OCCURS SEVERAL MILES W. OF SANTA ANNA, AND THE CAMP COLORADO LIMESTONE OCCURS ABOUT A MILE E. OF SANTA ANNA. THE HORSE CREEK LIMESTONE OCCURS ON THE E. SIDE OF SANTA ANNA, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MORAN FORMATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.32536, 31.7474
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Anna

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EXACT LOCATION OR TYPE OF METAL NOT MENTIONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUDNALL, J.S., AND PIRTLE, G.W., 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLEMAN CO., TEX.: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, JUNE 1929, SCALE 1:48,000, ON LAND GRID. (BAKER LAND NOT SHOWN).

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, C.W., 1921A, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN TEXAS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1917, PT. I - METALS, P. 721-722 (P. 722).

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, C.W., 1921B, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN TEXAS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1918, PT. I - METALS, P. 327-328 (P. 328).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HENDERSON (1921A, P. 722) IS REFERENCE TO LEE BAKER FARM, NEAR SANTA ANNA, WHERE SHALLOW HOLES WERE DRILLED FOR BASE METALS IN 1917. ALSO HENDERSON (1921B, P. 328).

Reporter information

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

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