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Glenn Ranch-1

Occurrence in Runnels 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 10022118
MRDS ID DE01946
Record type Site
Current site name Glenn Ranch-1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -99.9728, 31.83446 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Runnels(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hatchel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coleman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brownwood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Colorado-Elm(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 Runnels

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -99.9728, 31.83446
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY BEEDE AND BENTLEY (1920, COKE CO.), BEEDE AND WAITE (1918, RUNNELS CO.), EITLER (1974B, SAN ANGELO SHEET), AND EIFLER (1974A, BIG SPRING SHEET). THE SAN ANGELO SANDSTONE IS TO THE NORTH AND THE CLEAR FORK IS TO THE SOUTH ALONG THE BORDER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Glenn Ranch

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LOCATION NOT GIVEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEEDE, J.W., AND WAITE, V.V., 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1816, 64 P.

  • Deposit

    BEEDE, J.W., AND BENTLEY, W.P., 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1850, 82 P.

  • Deposit

    EIFLER, G.K., JR., COMPILER, 1974A, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - BIG SPRING SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 6 P., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    EIFLER, G.K., JR., COMPILER, 1974B, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - SAN ANGELO SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 5 P. SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    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. 153, 173)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HALE (1972, P. 153, 173) MENTIONED THAT COPPER WAS FOUND ON THE D.K. GLENN PLACE ON THE BORDER WITH COKE COUNTY.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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