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John Stone Hill Deposit

Producer in Cass county in Texas, United States with commodities Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063149
MRDS ID TC36790
Record type Site
Current site name John Stone Hill Deposit
Related records 10251227

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.26688, 33.05432 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI W OF BIVENS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cass(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Linden(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
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS LOW GRADE AND QUALITY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Glauconite Ore
Goethite Ore
Hematite 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) -94.26688, 33.05432
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 2574.88M
    Width 1770.23M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • BY 1934 SOME THOUSANDS OF CUBIC YARDS HAD BEEN MINED FOR ROAD MATERIAL.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE WESTERN PART OF THE HILL HAS BEEN QUARRIED FOR ROAD MATERIAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 902, P. 89-90

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF WEATHERED GLAUCONITIC SANDSTONE CONTAINING NUMEROUS 3 TO 4 IN DIAMETER CONCRETIONS OF GOETHITE-HEMATITE WHICH COVER AN AREA OF AT LEAST 390 AC.

Reporter information

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

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