| Deposit ID | 10022111 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01937 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bluff Creek-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -99.87121, 33.76095 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 466 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | GO W. ON TEXAS HWY. 1756 FOR 2.5 MI FROM TEXAS HWY. 283 AT TRUSCOTT. TURN N. 0.4 MI. TURN W. 1.5 MI TO BLUFF ON E. SIDE OF BLUFF CREEK WHERE ROAD DESCENDS AND WINDS AROUND A SMALL HILL. PROBABLY THE SECTION WAS MEASURED IN THIS HILL. ABOUT 53 FT OF CHOZA-SAN ANGELO WAS MEASURED WITH THE UPPER 8 FT BEING SAN ANGELO. THE MALACHITE OCCURS IN THE BASAL PART OF THE SAN ANGELO FORMATION IN SANDSTONE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Knox(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Truscott North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lake Kemp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
North Wichita(hydrologic unit)
Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)
Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Knox |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | N2 OF NW OF NW OF NW | 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 | Choza Formation (Upper) | ||||||||
| Rock description | Choza Formation (Upper) | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | San Angelo Formation (Lower) |
| Rock description | San Angelo Formation (Lower) |
| (1) | -99.87121, 33.76095 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Wnw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | NNE |
| Dip | WNW OF 30 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1974 |
| Discoverer | Smith, G.E. |
| District name | Truscott |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROP |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01937 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-KNO-10 |
SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 67, PL. II).
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, SCALE 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OUTCROP |
| Deposit | SMITH (1974, P. 67), MEASURED SECTION 5, IS REFERENCE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1993 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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