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White Eagle Prospect

Past Producer in Burnet county in Texas, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065128
MRDS ID TC40154
Record type Site
Current site name White Eagle Prospect
Alternate or previous names Pavitte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.29976, 30.76743 (WGS84)
Elevation 378
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MI N80W 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

  • N OF TX HWY 29, N OF HICKORY BRANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) -98.29976, 30.76743
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner White Eagle Copper Mng. Co.

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, OPEN CUT

Comments on development

  • ECON COMMENTS: WHITE EAGLE COPPER MINING CO. INSTALLED A 25 TPD CONE MILL. HAD ANNOUNCED PLANS TO LEACH AND CYANIDE TAILINGS.

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-94 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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