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Paradise Creek-1

Occurrence in Wilbarger 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022143
MRDS ID DE01974
Record type Site
Current site name Paradise Creek-1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -99.24166, 34.07765 (WGS84)
Elevation 378
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Wilbarger

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
}} }} 83-84}99-100}109 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • SECTIONS ARE IN BLOCK 14, HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY. THIS WOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE CLEAR FORK BEDS. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 16) MENTION THAT COPPER OCCURS IN THE CLEAR FORK BEDS, BUT THEY GIVE NO DETAILS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) Clear Fork Group
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vernon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SELLARDS, E.H., AND EVANS, G.L., 1946, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 4301, P. 359-383 (PL. 24).

  • Deposit

    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. 16).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SELLARDS AND EVANS (1946, PL. 24) SHOW A COPPER DEPOSIT IN WEST-CENTRAL WILBARGER COUNTY. NO LOCALITY IS MENTIONED. POSSIBLY, THIS IS ABOUT 5 MILES SE OF LOCKETT, ON THE SE SIDE OF PARADISE CREEK, OR ON THE RIDGE BETWEEN PARADISE CREEK AND TURKEY CREEK.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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