Bivins Deposit

Past Producer in Cass county in Texas, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063148
MRDS ID TC36789
Record type Site
Current site name Bivins Deposit
Related records 10251675

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.22382, 33.04043 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Relative position 5 MI SW OF ATLANTA, 1 MI NW OF BIVENS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cass(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atlanta South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Texarkana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Texarkana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caddo Lake(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

Comments on the commodity information

  • FOUR WASHING TEST AVERAGE 1 LT ORE RECOVERABLE FROM 3.06 CU YD MATERIAL.

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) -94.22382, 33.04043

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 6115.34M
    Width 4023.25M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years PROBABLY 1890'S-1910'S

Mining district

District name North Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) CALCULATED FROM DATA GIVEN IN SOURCE.

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY PROSPECT SHAFTS AND PITS.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY TESTED BY SHAFTS AND DRILLING. ; ECON.COM: SMALL SHIPMENTS TO LONE STAR FURNACE AT JEFFERSON (1890'S-1920'S) AND TO A FURNACE IN ST. LOUIS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 902, P. 87-89

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1) USGS B 902, P. 89.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE AVERAGES 18.5 FT THICK. GRADE AND QUALITY OF ORE IS HIGHLY VARIABLE DUR TO ABUNDANT QUARTZ SAND. UP TO 1100 AC MAY BE WORKABLE.

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.