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Falkenburg-Blackburn Prospect

Occurrence in Burleson county in Texas, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063017
MRDS ID TC36631
Record type Site
Current site name Falkenburg-Blackburn Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.64917, 30.3155 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position 20 MILES NE OF GIDDINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burleson(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flag Pond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brenham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Austin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yegua(hydrologic unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Burleson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Zircon Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Corundum Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Kyanite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Monazite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Spinel Gangue
Staurolite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result UP TO 35% HEAVY MINERALS OF WHICH 50-87% IS ILMENITE-MAGNETITE, 4-23% ZIRCON, 2-14% LEUCOXENE.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Wellborn Formation
    Rock description Wellborn Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -96.64917, 30.3155
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Yegua Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Trans-Trex Exploration Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED DURING RADIOMETRIC SURVEY FOR URANIUM. HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS YIELD A HIGH GAMMA RADIATION ANOMALY. EXPLORED 1954-55 BY TRANS-TEX EXPL. CO. BY TRENCHING. USBM DRILLED 57 HOLES (1958).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN SHEETS AND WEDGES OF HEAVY MINERALS ALONG CROSS-BEDS AND IN LOCAL PATCHES AND STREAKS IN LOWER WELLBORN FM ARKOSIC SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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