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Bowie Hill Deposit

Past Producer in Cass county in Texas, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063144
MRDS ID TC36785
Record type Site
Current site name Bowie Hill Deposit
Related records 10251677

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.17799, 33.22376 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Relative position 7 MI N OF ATLANTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cass(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atlanta North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Texarkana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Texarkana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cross Bayou(hydrologic unit)

Big Cypress-Sulphur(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Sulphur(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Cass

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Siderite Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Weches Member, Mount Selman Formation
    Rock description Weches Mbr, Mount Selman Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.17799, 33.22376
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 2011.63M
    Width 1206.98M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Production years 1864-65; 1910'S

Mining district

District name North Basin East Texas

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Texas Iron Assoc. ; Sulphur Fork Iron Co.
    First year 1863
    Last year 1865

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE TEXAS IRON ASSOC. RESERVE (ITEM 1) CONSISTED OF ABOUT 200 ACRES AVERAGING 17.6 FT THICK WITH AN AVERAGE RECOVERY OF 1 LT ORE FROM 2.6 CU YD MATERIAL BY WASHING (AVG OF 10 TESTS).

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN 125 PROSPECT SHAFTS, TWO TRENCHES, OPEN CUTS (LARGEST 300 FT LONG).

Comments on development

  • SOME ORE MINED TO SUPPLY THE SULPHUR FORK FURNACE, BUILT NEARBY IN 1864. MOST OPEN PIT MINING DONE TO SUPPLY TEXAS IRON ASSOC. EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BUILT IN 1911 OR 1912.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 902, P. 78-84

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1) USGS B 902, P. 83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES, BEDS AND CONCRETIONARY MASSES OF LIMONITE WITHIN OOLITIC GLAUCONITE SANDSTONE. COMMERCIAL ORE AVERAGES 3 FT THICK AT AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 8 FT. TWO OUTLYING DEPOSITS, 0.5 MI S OF BOWIE HILL, CONSIST OF ABOUT 10 AC WITH ABOUT 1 FT THICKNESS ORE NEAR SURFACE.

Reporter information

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

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