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Oppenheimer Canyon Occurrence

Occurrence in Val Verde county in Texas, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063206
MRDS ID TC36874
Record type Site
Current site name Oppenheimer Canyon Occurrence
Related records 10275892

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.49541, 30.08772 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.6 MILES N80W OF WHITE RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Val Verde(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Everett Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Devils Draw(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sonora(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecos(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Val Verde

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MILES UP OPPENHEIMER CANYON FROM PECOS RIVER SOUTH SIDE. NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) Edwards Limestone
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Economic information

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 Dan Murrah

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, R.A., 1962, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPT. INVEST. 43, P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN-OXIDE COATINGS ON COBBLES, CEMENTING GRAVEL, AND STAINS ALONG JOINTS AND BEDDING PLANES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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