Schneider Prospect

Occurrence in Llano county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065144
MRDS ID TC40175
Record type Site
Current site name Schneider Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.89645, 30.73465 (WGS84)
Elevation 373
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MI N60E OF CASTELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Llano(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Llano(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 Llano

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.89645, 30.73465

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 35E

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 Schneider, Adolf

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE PROSPECT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE PROSPECT PITS 15 TO 30 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1912, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, LLANO-BURNET FOLIO, TEXAS: USGS FOLIO 183, 16 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHALCOPYRITE AND CHALCOCITE FILLING FRACTURES IN SCHIST AND GRANITE. A SPECIMIN ASSAYED $0.41/TON AU, TRACE AG, 0.94% CU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-94 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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