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Beaver Creek-1

Past Producer in Montague 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 10022114
MRDS ID DE01941
Record type Site
Current site name Beaver Creek-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.9331, 33.8568 (WGS84)
Elevation 253
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO E. OF RINGGOLD 1 MI ON U.S. HWY. 82. GO E. ON ROAD 0.2 MI TO RINGGOLD CEMETERY. GO N. 2.3 MI TO TOP OF BLUFF. FOLLOW BLUFF NW ABOUT 1 MILE TO BEAVER CREEK. POSSIBLY, A 4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE MIGHT BE USED TO FOLLOW THE BLUFF. COPPER COULD OCCUR ANY PLACE ALONG THE BLUFF WHERE THERE IS 70 FT OF RELIEF.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montague(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ringgold(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gainesville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sherman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Farmers-Mud(hydrologic unit)

Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Montague

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
9 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • AMES SOUR LAND SURVEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Petrolia Formation-Ryan Sandstone
    Rock description Petrolia Formation-Ryan Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Petrolia Formation-Ryan Sandstone
    Rock description Petrolia Formation-Ryan Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.9331, 33.8568
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip To Sw Off Muenster Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 30 FT/MI OR LESS TO SW
    Thickness 1.22M

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 HENTZ AND BROWN (1987), HENTZ (1988), ROMER (1974), AND BARNES (1967).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer Cummins, W.F.
Year of first production 1891
Year of last production 1891
Production years 1891

Mining district

District name Ringgold

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings ADIT
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on development

  • CUMMINS (1893, P. 232) MENTIONED THAT A TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN INTO THE CLAY SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE, BUT THE PROSPECT WAS NOT DEVELOPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (PETROLIA FORMATION).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 509).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 232).

  • Deposit

    ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P., MAP.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., AND OTHERS, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - SHERMAN SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 8 P., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET, 21 P. SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS PROBABLY THE RYAN SANDSTONE.
Deposit CUMMINS (1891, P. 509) MENTIONED THAT COPPER WAS FOUND IN N. MONTAGUE COUNTY, BUT NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO MINE IT.
Deposit CUMMINS (1893, P. 232) IS REFERENCE. CUMMINS SAID THAT THIS COPPER WAS IN THE BLUFF ABOUT 1 MI SE OF THE ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER THE RED RIVER, NW OF BELCHER. A TUNNEL WAS CUT INTO THE CLAY AND SANDSTONE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE, BUT THE PROSPECT WAS NOT DEVELOPED. THE COPPER WAS IN FOSSIL WOOD AND NODULES IN BLACK SANDSTONE AND GREENISH-GRAY CLAY, WITH YELLOW SANDSTONE ABOVE AND BELOW.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1891 OR BEFORE

Reporter information

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

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