| Deposit ID | 10022122 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01950 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Salt Fork-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -100.00732, 33.2393 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 472 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO N. FROM OLD GLORY ON TEXAS HWY. 1835 FOR ABOUT 8.5 MI WITH SOME W. JOGS. TURN E. 1 MI, THEN S. 1 MI, THEN E. 2.5 MI, THEN N. 0.3 MI. WALK N. ABOUT 350 FT TO STEEP BLUFFS. SMITH (1974, SAMPLE 12, MEASURED SEC. 17) AND PATTON (1930, P. 19-20, MEASURED SEC. 5) MEASURED 74-114 FT OF BEDS, THE LOWER 50-75 FT OF WHICH IS THE CHOZA FORMATION OF THE CLEAR FORK GROUP, ABOVE WHICH IS THE SAN ANGELO SANDSTONE, WITH 10 FT OF GRAY SHALE WITH MALACHITE OVERLYING THE CHOZA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stonewall(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Old Glory(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Aspermont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lubbock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Salt Fork Brazos(hydrologic unit)
Brazos Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Brazos Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Stonewall |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTER OF W | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Shale | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | San Angelo Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | San Angelo Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | San Angelo Formation |
| Rock description | San Angelo Formation |
| (1) | Clear Fork Group |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle W. Dip Of 15 Ft/Mi Off Of Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | W. ABOUT 15 FT/MI |
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1876 |
| Discoverer | A.R. Roessler |
| District name | Salt Fork |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01950 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-STO-04 |
ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: NEW YORK, EDW. WELLKE AND BRO., (1" = 40 MI).
PATTON, L.T., 1930, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 3027, 77 P. (P. 19-20).
STORM, L.W., COMPILER, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, APRIL 1929, SCALE 1:48,000, WITH LAND GRID.
BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, LUBBOCK SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.
SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 69, PL. V).
ROESSLER, A.R., 1876, ALBERT HANFORD'S TEXAS STATE REGISTER FOR 1876, 146 P. (P. 86-90, MAP).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PATTON (1930, P. 19-20) IS FIRST REFERENCE. SMITH (1974, P. 69, PL. V, MEAS. SEC. 17, COPPER SAMPLE 12) GIVES LOCATION. A 10-FT GRAY SHALE WITH MALACHITE, 50-75 FT ABOVE RIVER, IN BASAL SAN ANGELO FORMATION. ROESSLER (1874; 1876, MAP) SHOWS COPPER IN THIS AREA. |
| Deposit | GRAY SHALE AT BASE OF SAN ANGELO FORMATION |
| Deposit | OUTCROP |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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