| Deposit ID | 10091733 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01878 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ramsey-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -99.18479, 32.2821 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 536 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | GO ABOUT 7 MI SSE OF PUTNAM ON TEXAS HWY. 880 TO STEEP 60-FT BLUFF ON W. SIDE OF ROAD. POSSIBLY, THERE MAY BE COPPER EXPOSED HERE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Callahan(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Putnam South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Abilene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Abilene(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hubbard(hydrologic unit)
Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Callahan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Shale | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Santa Anna Branch Shale | ||||||
| Rock description | Santa Anna Branch Shale | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Santa Anna Branch Shale |
| Rock description | Santa Anna Branch Shale |
| (1) | Antlers Sand |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle W. Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | W, 30 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1973 |
| Discoverer | George Lee Ramsey |
| District name | Putnam |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Lee Ramsey |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROP |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01878 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-CAL-01 |
HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH MINING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF WEST TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 150).
PLUMMER, F.B., AND HORNBERGER, JOSEPH, JR., COMPILERS, 1932, GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALLAHAN COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.
BROWN L.F., JR., AND GOODSON, J.L., COMPILERS, 1972, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, ABILENE SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 15 P., SCALE 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HALE (1972, P. 150) IS REFERENCE. COPPER OCCURS ON THE GEORGE LEE RAMSEY PLACE, 6 MI S. OF PUTNAM. THIS WOULD BE IN THE SANTA ANNA BRANCH SHALE OF THE CISCO GROUP, ABOUT 1740-1800 FT IN ELEVATION, BELOW THE CRETACEOUS ANTLERS SANDSTONE. AN EXACT LOCATION WAS NOT GIVEN. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE RAMSEY PLACE IS LOCATED. |
| Deposit | OUTCROP |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1993 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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