| Deposit ID | 10022127 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01956 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Roessler Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -100.09039, 33.39735 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 465 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO 15 MI NW OF KNOX CITY ON TEXAS HWY. 222 (OR 143) TO SW SIDE OF BUZZARD PEAK. TURN S. ON MAIN WINDING ROAD FOR ABOUT 5.5 MI TO MAIN FORK IN ROAD. TAKE W. FORK THAT RUNS SW FOR ANOTHER 3.2 MI TO ROAD ON W. SIDE AND GO WSW FOR ABOUT 1 MI TO TOP OF RIDGE. WALK DOWN RIDGE ABOUT 1200 FT SSE TO BLUFF OVERLOOKING NORTH CROTON CREEK, ABOUT 20 FT ABOVE BASE OF BLUFF. THIS IS PROBABLY IN THE UPPER FLOWERPOT SHALE, IN DOLOMITE AND SHALE, JUST BELOW THE KISER GYPSUM, A FEW FEET THICK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stonewall(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kiowa Peak NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Aspermont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lubbock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Brazos-Millers(hydrologic unit)
Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Stonewall |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Shale | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale | ||||||||
| Rock description | Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Flowerpot Shale |
| Rock description | Flowerpot Shale |
| (1) | Blaine Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip W. About 30 Ft/Mi Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | ABOUT 30 FT/MI TO W. (OR LESS) |
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1873 |
| Discoverer | Roessler, A.R. |
| District name | North Croton Creek |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | 6666 Ranch |
| Home office | Mr. Jay Humphrey, Trustee, Of S.B. And Tom Burnett Estate, 1212 First National Bank, Ft. Worth |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROP |
| Area | 242.82HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01956 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-STO-10 |
STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 18-19, FIG. 11).
ROESSLER, A.R., 1876B, MAP OF HASKELL COUNTY, TEXAS. THE TEXAS LAND AND IMMIGRATION CO., 35 BROAD ST., NEW YORK; H.G. GILBERT, PRES., A.R. ROESSLER, SEC. (1 IN. = 2 MI).
STORM, L.W., COMPILER, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.
PATTON, L.T., 1930, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 3027, 77 P.
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. (PL. IV).
ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: NEW YORK, EDW. WELLKE AND BRO. (1" = 40 MI).
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, PL. 23, MAP (P. 462-463).
GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1872 OR BEFORE |
| Deposit | THIS COULD COVER A WIDE AREA. IN ADJACENT KING COUNTY, WITHIN 0.5 MI TO N., IS DRILL HOLE B-1 AND SAMPLE SITES 102-103 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SAMPLE NOS. 80-81) IN SAME SECTION 255, WITH MUCH COPPER (STROUD AND OTHERS, 1970, P. 28, 41, 61, FIG. 11). |
| Deposit | ROESSLER (1874; 1876B, MAP) IS REFERENCE. HE TRAVELED OVER THE OLD N-S ROAD THROUGH THE AREA IN 1872, WITH THE WASHINGTON AND TEXAS LAND AND COPPER COMPANY AND LATER THE GRAND BELT COPPER COMPANY OF GEN. GEORGE MCCLELLAN. LOEW AND ROESSLER (1873, P. 462-463) HAVE MEASURED SECTION HERE, MENTIONING 23 FT OF SANDSTONE WITH COPPER AND A 12-FT COPPER SANDSTONE, 10 FT BELOW UPPER BED. |
| Deposit | OUTCROP AT ABOUT 1520-1530 FT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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