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Roessler-1,2

Occurrence in Haskell 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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022086
MRDS ID DE01906
Record type Site
Current site name Roessler-1,2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.5387, 33.03486 (WGS84)
Elevation 460
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO E. OF STAMFORD 9 MI ON TEXAS HWY. 142. TURN N. ON TEXAS HWY. 600 1 MI, THEN E. 0.75 MI, THEN N. 1 MI. TURN E. 5.4 MI, THEN N. 2 MI, AND W. 0.1 MI TO TWO UNIMPROVED ROADS. TURN N. ON E. PRONG, 0.9 MI, THEN E. 0.9 MI, THEN NNW 0.6 MI, NE 0.5 MI, N. 0.5 MI, THEN NW 0.85 MI. WALK NE ABOUT 600 FT TO ROESSLER-1 LOCALITY, PROBABLY IN CREEK, ON T.F. WHITE SURVEY. THIS WOULD BE ABOUT 20 FT BELOW THE LUEDERS LIMESTONE. FOR ROESSLER-2 LOCALITY, ON N. SIDE OF CALIFORNIA CREEK, GO BACK TO ROAD FROM SITE 1 (ABOUT 600 FT) AND GO NW ABOUT 0.8 MI TO INTERSECTION ON S. SIDE OF CALIFORNIA CREEK AND TURN NE ABOUT 0.25 MI TO BEND IN CALIFORNIA CREEK. WALK N. ABOUT 3500 FT UP BLUFF OF CALIFORNIA CREEK AND TO TOP WHERE LUEDERS LIMESTONE CAPS BLUFF. SOMEPLACE, POSSIBLY IN THE LUEDERS OR BELOW, THE COPPER SHOULD BE SEEN ON THE W. SIDE OF THE HILL. ROESSLER'S MAPS MAY NOT BE ACCURATE, AND THESE COPPER ROCKS MAY BE EXPOSED IN THE BLUFFS. CUMMINS (1891, P. 404) HAS TWO MEASURED SECS. (10, 11) HERE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haskell(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Stamford East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Haskell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Paint(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Haskell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
14 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE GIVEN ABOVE ARE ON J.F. WHITE SURVEY. ON R.M. THOMPSON SURVEY THEY WERE 33-03-23N AND 099-32-39W. THE J.F. WHITE SURVEY - S. OF CALIFORNIA CREEK = PAINT CREEK OF ROESSLER. THE R.M. THOMPSON SURVEY - N. OF CALIFORNIA CREEK = PAINT CREEK OF ROESSLER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Arroyo Formation, Below Or In Rainy Limestone, Or Lueders Formation, Below Or In Lueders Limestone
    Rock description Arroyo Formation, Below Or In Rainy Limestone, Or Lueders Formation, Below Or In Lueders Limestone
    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 > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Leuders Formation Of Hentz And Brown (1987) Or Lower Arroyo Formation Of Lloyd And Thompson (1929)
    Rock description Leuders Formation Of Hentz And Brown (1987) Or Lower Arroyo Formation Of Lloyd And Thompson (1929)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.5387, 33.03486
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip Nw Of About 50 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW 50 FT/MI OR LESS

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 LLOYD AND THOMPSON (1929) AND HENTZ AND BROWN (1987). LLOYD AND THOMPSON'S RAINY LIMESTONE MEMBER OF THE ARROYO FORMATION WAS REMAPPED AS THE LUEDERS LIMESTONE BY HENTZ AND BROWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Discoverer Roessler, Anton Rudolf (S.B. Buckley Mentions Examining The Copper In 1873 In Haskell County

Mining district

District name Paint Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ROESSLER'S MAPS MAY BE SLIGHTLY IN ERROR. CHECK SURROUNDING OUTCROPS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROP
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF THE EAST PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 404-405, 452, PL. 18).

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, KEITH, 1965, TEXAS JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 17, NO. 1, P. 28-45 (AUSTIN, TEXAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE).

  • Deposit

    GEISER, S.W., 1959, FIELD AND LABORATORY, V. 27, NO. 4, OCT. 1959, P. 163-256 (SMU, DALLAS), (P. 187-188).

  • Deposit

    HILL, R.T., 1887, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 45, 95 P. (P. 45).

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., COMPILERS, 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    BUCKLEY, S.B., 1874, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF TEXAS; 1ST ANNUAL REPORT, 142 P. (HOUSTON), P. 39-40, 42).

  • Deposit

    LOEW, OSCAR, AND ROESSLER, A.R., 1873, EXPLORATION OF THE NORTHWEST PART OF TEXAS IN 1872: PETERMANN'S - MITTHEILUNGEN AUS JUSTUS PERTHES GEOGRAPHISCHER ANSTALT ... (GOTHA), V. 19, P. 453-467, MAP, PL. 23 (P. 460 - FOLLOWED OLD MCKENZIE TRAIL).

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, ANTON RUDOLF, 1876A, MINERAL WEALTH OF TEXAS: ALBERT HANFORD'S TEXAS STATE REGISTER FOR 1876 (GALVESTON, 146 P.), P. 86-90, MAP (MAP SHOWS THIS COPPER DEPOSIT).

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, ANTON RUDOLF, 1876B, MAP OF HASKELL COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS LAND AND IMMIGRATION CO. (N.Y.), SCALE 1:125,000.

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: EDW. WELLKE AND BRO., N.Y. (1" = 40 MI).

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1977, PROSPECTING AND MINING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 118-123).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1872 OR BEFORE
Deposit CUMMINS (1891, P. 452) MENTIONED THAT THE COPPER ON CALIFORNIA CREEK WAS ASSOCIATED WITH FOSSIL WOOD. BUCKLEY (1874, P. 42) MENTIONED THE LOOSE COPPER ORES, IN THE VICINITY OF CALIFORNIA AND PAINT CREEKS, ON THE SIDES AND AT THE BASES OF THE HILLS.
Deposit THE COPPER COULD OCCUR OVER A WIDE AREA.
Deposit LOEW AND ROESSLER (1873, P. 460), ROESSLER (1874, 1876A,B), AND BUCKLEY (1874, P. 39-40, 42) ARE REFERENCES FOR COPPER IN THIS AREA FROM 1864-1872, ACCORDING TO HALE (1977, P. 118-123). YOUNG (1965), HILL (1887, P. 45), AND GEISER (1959, P. 187-188) GIVE DETAILS ABOUT ROESSLER'S MAPS. CUMMINS (1891, P. 404-405, 458) MENTIONS COPPER IN FOSSIL WOOD ON CALIFORNIA CREEK, IN HASKELL CO., AND HE MEASURED A 33-FT SECTION AT A HILL ON PAINT CREEK NEAR THE OLD MCKINZIE TRAIL. THE COPPER WAS IN A 3-FT BLUE SHALE, 18-21 FT ABOVE THE BASE.

Reporter information

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

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