| Deposit ID | 10091734 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01885 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | John Preston |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.16172, 33.79374 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 274 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | GO S. OF HENRIETTA ON TEXAS HWY. 148 TO U.S. HWY 287, ABOUT 1 MI. TURN SE FOR 1.8 MI ON U.S. HWY 287 TO CREEK. THIS IS ABOUT 2.5 MI SE OF CENTER OF OLDER PART OF HENRIETTA. THE SITE THAT I SELECTED IS ABOUT 0.5 MI TO NE. THE ALTERNATIVE SITE IS ABOUT 1000 FT TO NE. A THIRD SITE WOULD BE ABOUT 3000 FT SW, ON G.H. GOWEN SECTION OF ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL LAND SURVEY, GRAVES SUBDIVISION, A-368., Acc To 2000 Ft Or More |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Henrietta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little Wichita(hydrologic unit)
Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)
Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Clay |
| 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 | Nocona Formation | ||||||
| Rock description | Nocona Formation | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Nocona Formation |
| Rock description | Nocona Formation |
| (1) | -98.16172, 33.79374 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip To N. Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | E-W |
| Dip | N. 30 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Depth to top | 12.34M |
| Depth to bottom | 14.17M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1874 |
| Discoverer | S.B. Buckley |
| District name | Henrietta |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Preston |
| First year | 1874 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | JOHN PRESTONS WELL |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Overall depth | 14.17M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01885 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-CLA-07 |
BUCKLEY, S.B., 1874, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SURVEY, 1ST ANNUAL REPORT, 142 P. (HOUSTON), P. 36-37.
ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P., MAP.
HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 21 P., SCALE 1:250,000.
HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (NOCONA FORMATION).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DESCRIBED AS A 6-FT COPPER SHALE IN RED CLAY, BELOW 6 FT OF BLUE CLAY AND 33 FT OF RED SHALE BELOW 18 INCHES OF SOIL. THE COPPER-CLAY HAD STUMPS, ROOTS, AND FERNS. |
| Deposit | BUCKLEY (1874, P. 36) MENTIONS THAT A 6-FT COPPER CLAY WAS FOUND IN JOHN PRESTON'S WELL, AT 40.5-46.5 FT, 2.5 MI SE OF NEW HENRIETTA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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