| Deposit ID | 10022142 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01973 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unknown |
| Point of reference | Centroid |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -99.24166, 34.07765 (WGS84) |
| Relative position | Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Wilbarger(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Boggy Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Vernon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Beaver(hydrologic unit)
Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)
Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Wilbarger |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Centroid (1) | Clear Fork Group |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Electra |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01973 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-WIL-01 |
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 (P. 466).
FURMAN, J.H., 1881, NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, TRANSACTIONS, V. 1, P. 15-20 (P. 16, MAP).
PHILLIPS, W.B., 1914, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, TEXAS UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 365, SCIENTIFIC SERIES 29, OCT. 15, 1914, 362 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOEW AND ROESSLER (1873, P. 466) MENTIONED THAT 1280 ACRES OF LAND SHOULD BE LEASED IN WILBARGER COUNTY. FURMAN (1881, P. 16, MAP) SHOWED SEVERAL COPPER BEDS IN SE WILBARGER COUNTY, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE WICHITA BEDS. THE BEDS STRIKE NE, CROSSING THE EAST-CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY INTO WICHITA COUNTY. THIS WOULD BE SOUTH OF ELECTRA AND EAST OF LAKE ELECTRA, IN THE WAGGONER RANCH FORMATION, IN THE LUEDERS LIMESTONE AND BELOW. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.