Carter-Branch Prospect

Occurrence in Lee county in Texas, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063019
MRDS ID TC36633
Record type Site
Current site name Carter-Branch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.67334, 30.29216 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position 18 MI NE OF GIDDINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lee(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)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Lee

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Zircon Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

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) -96.67334, 30.29216

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

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED DURING RADIOMETRIC SURVEY FOR URANIUM. HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS YIELD A HIGH GAMMA RADIATION ANOMALY.

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.