Oxford Area

Occurrence in Llano county in Texas, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065163
MRDS ID TC40201
Record type Site
Current site name Oxford Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.70923, 30.63021 (WGS84)
Elevation 439
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1.8 MI N10W OF OXFORD., Est, Within 5 Sec

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Llano(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Llano South(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
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Anthophyllite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 20
USGS model code 8f
Deposit model name Ultramafic hosted magnesite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Packsaddle Schist
    Rock description Packsaddle Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.70923, 30.63021

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE OCCURRENCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1945, SOAPSTONE AND SERPENTINITE IN THE CENTRAL MINERAL REGION OF TEXAS, IN TEXAS MINERAL RESOURCES: UNIV. TEXAS PUB. 4301, P. 55-91

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TALC LENSES ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SERPENTINITE AND SCHIST OR GNEISS.

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.