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Chambers-Hughes 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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063159
MRDS ID TC36800
Record type Site
Current site name Chambers-Hughes Deposit
Related records 10154668

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.59633, 33.02321 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position 2 MI NE OF HUGHES SPRING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cass(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sardis(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

  • ORE-BEARING MATERIAL SHOULD YIELD 20-25% ORE BY VOLUME.

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) Queen City Sand
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 3057.67M
    Width 1770.23M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. C. Chambers, R. Hughes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 902, P. 114-115

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEDGES OF SPONGY GOETHITE-HEMATITE ORE 6 TO 10 IN THICK. A THIN (2 FT MAX) ZONE OF CARBONATE ORE AT BASE OF WECHES GREENSAND. ABOUT 300 AC AVERAGING 10-12 FT THICK.

Reporter information

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

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