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Thrift-1

Occurrence in Wichita 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 10022141
MRDS ID DE01972
Record type Site
Current site name Thrift-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.66757, 34.13956 (WGS84)
Elevation 324
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 5.7 MI W. OF MKT RAILROAD TRACKS IN BURKBURNETT ON TEXAS HWY. 240. GO N. 2.2 MI. TURN E. 0.35 MI. GO N. ABOUT 0.65 MI TO BREAK IN ESCARPMENT. THE LOCALITY (1) SHOULD BE WITHIN 500 FT E. OF ROAD, IN ESCARPMENT. THE ROAD SHOULD CROSS THROUGH THE DOLOMITE AND CLAYSTONE-MALACHITE BED. THE BEDS SHOULD EXTEND FOR 0.5 MI OR MORE E. AND W. OF THE ROAD, ALONG THE ESCARPMENT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wichita(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grandfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burkburnett(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue-China(hydrologic unit)

Red-Pease(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Wichita

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
J.F. HURRMAN Texas

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION IS IN RED RIVER VALLEY LANDS SUBDIVISION?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bead Mountain Bed
    Rock description Bead Mountain Bed
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Rock unit name Bead Mountain Bed Of Waggoner Ranch Formation
    Rock description Bead Mountain Bed Of Waggoner Ranch Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.66757, 34.13956
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Nw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Electra Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form TABULAR
    Strike ENE
    Dip WNW OF 30 FT/MI OR LESS
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 804.65M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Pond Deposit, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY PLUMMER, FUQUA, AND OTHERS (1929), ROMER (1974), HENTZ AND BROWN (1987), AND HENTZ (1988).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1979
Discoverer Walter C. Parrish

Mining district

District name Thrift

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A POND DEPOSIT THAT COVERS SEVERAL SQUARE MILES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROP
    Area 518HA
    Height 0.3M
    Overall length 3218.6M
    Overall width 804.65M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PARRISH, W.C., 1978, PALAEOGEOGRAPHY, PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY, PALAEOECOLOGY, V. 24, NO. 3, P. 209-237, ELSEVIER PUBLISHING COMPANY (NETHERLANDS), P. 214, 218-219, 234-235).

  • Deposit

    PLUMMER, F.B., FUQUA, H.B., AND OTHERS, COMPILERS, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF WICHITA COUNTY: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POND DEPOSIT, PROBABLY OVER 2 SQUARE MILES.
Deposit OUTCROP
Deposit PARRISH (1978, P. 214, 218-219, 234-235) IS REFERENCE. AT HIS LOC. 1 IS A 1-FT CLAYSTONE ABOVE A THIN CARBONATE (= BEAD MOUNTAIN FORMATION), WITH MALACHITE, THAT CROPS OUT ALONG THE RED RIVER BLUFF ABOUT 2 MI NW OF THRIFT.

Reporter information

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

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