| Deposit ID | 10091738 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01910 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cottonwood Creek-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -99.71704, 32.75098 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 494 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO 4.2 MI W. OF LUEDERS ON TEXAS HWY. 1597. TURN S. 3.5 MI ON TEXAS HWY. 600 TO INTERSECTION WITH U.S. HWY. 180. ABOUT 1100 FT TO W. ON HWY. 180 IS A SMALL ROAD CUT. TO W. IS A BRANCH OF COTTONWOOD CREEK THAT CROSSES HWY. 180. PERHAPS THIS IS CLOSE TO THE PROPER LOCALITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jones(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lueders West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Stamford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Abilene(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Clear Fork Brazos(hydrologic unit)
Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Jones |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | SW OF SW OF SE OF SE | 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 | Vale Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Vale Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Vale Formation Of Clear Fork Group, Above Rainy Ls. And Below Bullwagon Dolomite |
| Rock description | Vale Formation Of Clear Fork Group, Above Rainy Ls. And Below Bullwagon Dolomite |
| (1) | -99.71704, 32.75098 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle W. Dip Of 60 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | W. 60 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1972 |
| Discoverer | Pike Middlebrook And M.R. Davis |
| District name | Avoca |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alexander Ranch |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROP |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01910 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-JON-02 |
MEYERS, P.A., AND MORLEY, H.T., COMPILERS, 1929B, GEOLOGIC MAP OF JONES COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.
BROWN, L.F., JR., AND GOODSON, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1972, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - ABILENE SHEET, 15 P., SCALE 1:250,000.
BUCKLEY, S.B., 1874, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SURVEY, 1ST ANNUAL REPORT, 142 P. (HOUSTON) (P. 42).
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. 166-167)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE COPPER COULD BE WIDESPREAD. |
| Deposit | HALE (1972, P. 166-167) MENTIONED THAT TWO OUTCROPS OF COPPER ROCK WERE SEEN AND A COPPERIZED TREE TRUNK FOUND NEAR INTERSECTION OF U.S. HWY. 180 AND TEXAS HWY. 600, ABOUT 11 MI E. OF ANSON. BUCKLEY (1874, P. 42) IS EARLIEST REFERENCE TO COPPER SHALE IN THIS AREA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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