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John Davis Deposit

Occurrence 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 10063150
MRDS ID TC36791
Record type Site
Current site name John Davis Deposit
Related records 10154159

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.39189, 32.99321 (WGS84)
Elevation 114
Relative position 1.5 MI SW OF LINDEN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cass(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cunningham Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marshall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tyler(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

  • ABOUT 1 LT ORE RECOVERABLE FROM 2.6 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) -94.39189, 32.99321
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 2413.95M
    Width 1206.98M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Davis

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) CALCULATED FROM DATA GIVEN IN SOURCE.

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 44 PROSPECT PITS AND SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY EXPLORED BY PROSPECT SHAFTS AND DRILLING (98 OR MORE DRILL HOLES).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 902, P. 96-98

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1) USGS B 902, P. 97-98.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEDGES OF COALESCING CONCRETIONS. ALL BUT THE UPPERMOST LEDGE ARE SILICEOUS. ORE ZONE AVERAGES 17.8 FT THICK. ORE-BEARING ZONE IS 540 AC IN EXTENT.

Reporter information

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

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