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Sheridan Prospect

Occurrence in Burnet county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065121
MRDS ID TC40147
Record type Site
Current site name Sheridan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.34922, 30.7666 (WGS84)
Elevation 311
Relative position 7.5 MI N85W OF BURNET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burnet(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Council Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buchanan-Lyndon B. Johnson Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Burnet

Comments on the location information

  • ON N SIDE OF TX HWY 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Valley Spring Gneiss
    Rock description Valley Spring Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.34922, 30.7666
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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

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE PROSPECT

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT SHOWN ON 1967 COUNCIL CREEK 1:24,000 TOPO MAP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4301.

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1912, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, LLANO-BURNET FOLIO, TEXAS: USGS FOLIO 183, 12P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.

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