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Lytle Cove-1

Occurrence in Taylor 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022135
MRDS ID DE01966
Record type Site
Current site name Lytle Cove-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.70926, 32.29822 (WGS84)
Elevation 616
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position GO 2 MI S. OF LOOP 322 ON U.S. HIGHWAYS 83-84, S. OF ABILENE. TURN 2 MI E. GO 3 MI S., 0.5 MI E., 1.25 MI S., 0.75 MI SW, AND 0.25 MI W. TO HOUSE. THIS IS ABOUT 0.8 MI S. OF BLUFF. A 4-WHEEL-DRIVE ROAD GOES W. ABOUT 1 MI TO EDWARDS LIMESTONE PLATEAU TOP, THEN N. AND NE ABOUT 1.25 MI, AND GOES BACK DOWN THE EDWARDS ESCARPMENT TO A ROAD AT BASE OF BLUFF. ABOUT 0.35 MI TO NNE IS A POND IN THE NE CORNER OF SEC. 6, NEAR BASE OF BLUFF. SOMEPLACE TO THE SW OF THE POND COULD BE AN OUTCROP OF RED BEDS WITH COPPER. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE INGRAM PROPERTY WAS LOCATED. POSSIBLY, THIS IS THE PROPERTY. THIS WOULD BE ABOUT 80-100 FT ABOVE THE STANDPIPE LIMESTONE IN THE VALE FORMATION., Acc To 1 Mile Or More

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taylor(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potosi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abilene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Abilene(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clear Fork Brazos(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Taylor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • IN BLOCK 1, SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY (ON NW TIP OF LYTLE COVE).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Vale Formation
    Rock description Vale Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Vale Formation, Of Clear Fork Group, About 100 Ft Above The Standpipe Limstone
    Rock description Vale Formation, Of Clear Fork Group, About 100 Ft Above The Standpipe Limstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.70926, 32.29822
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle W. Dip Of 60 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    Strike N-S
    Dip W. 60 FT/MI OR LESS

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 MEYERS AND MORLEY (1929), AND BROWN AND GOODSON (1972).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer Mr. Ingram

Mining district

District name Abilene

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Ingram

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE COPPER COULD BE WIDESPREAD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROP
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MEYERS, M.A., AND MORLEY, H.T., COMPILERS, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, L.F., JR., AND GOODSON, J.H., COMPILERS, 1972, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - ABILENE SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 15 P. SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH MINING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF W. TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 59-60).

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR COUNTY NEWS, OCT. 22, 1886, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR COUNTY NEWS, NOV. 12, 1886, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1977, PROSPECTING AND MINING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 161, 208).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HALE (1972, P. 59-60) AND HALE (1977, P. 161, 208) MENTIONED THAT COPPER WAS FOUND ON MR. INGRAM'S PLACE (A SHEEPMAN) ON THE W. SIDE OF LYTLE COVE, ABOUT 10 MI SSE OF ABILENE. HALE QUOTED ARTICLES IN THE TAYLOR COUNTY NEWS (OCT. 22, 1886, P. 8; NOV. 12, 1886, P. 4). THE W. SIDE WOULD BE ABOUT 1.5 MI E. OF BEAR COVE. IT IS POSSIBLY IN THE NE-NE-NE-SEC. 6, BLK 1, SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY, WHERE THERE IS ABOUT 100 FT OF RELIEF IN THE BLUFF BELOW THE ANTLERS SANDSTONE. THIS IS THE NORTHWESTERNMOST TIP OF LYTLE COVE.
Deposit THE COPPER COULD OCCUR OVER A WIDER AREA.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1886 OR BEFORE

Reporter information

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

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