Poynor Deposits

Occurrence in Henderson 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065110
MRDS ID TC40131
Record type Site
Current site name Poynor Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.59831, 32.07435 (WGS84)
Relative position WITHIN A 6 MI RADIUS OF POYNOR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Henderson(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poynor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tyler(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tyler(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Neches(hydrologic unit)

Neches(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neches(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Henderson
United States Texas Anderson

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG FOR TOWN OF POYNOR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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 Member, Mount Selman Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.59831, 32.07435

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quat

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Basin East Texas

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAMINATED OXIDE BEDS 2 TO 24 IN THICK. BEST DEPOSIT (1.5 MI SW OF POYNOR) AVERAGES 16-18 IN THICK AND COVERS 30 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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