| Deposit ID | 10091741 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01928 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gyp Creek-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -99.98705, 33.45235 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 465 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | (THIS SITE IS ABOUT 3.5 MI E. OF HUMP TRIANGULATION STATION.) GO 5.5 MI NW OF KNOX CITY ON TEXAS HWY. 143 TO BRIDGE OVER BRAZOS RIVER. GO NW 3.8 MI. TURN SW 1 MI AND FOLLOW ROAD ABOUT 0.8 MI W. TO HOUSE. WALK 2000 FT SW, CROSSING GYP CREEK, TO BLUFF. LOWER 22 FT OF CHOZA OVERLAIN BY 29 FT OF SAN ANGELO SHOULD OCCUR HERE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Knox(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Knox City NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Haskell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Brazos-Millers(hydrologic unit)
Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Knox |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | NW OF SW OF SW OF NW | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sandstone | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | San Angelo Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | San Angelo Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | San Angelo Formation |
| Rock description | San Angelo Formation |
| (1) | -99.98705, 33.45235 |
|---|
| 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 | 30 FT/MI W. OR LESS |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1974 |
| Discoverer | Smith, G.E. |
| District name | Hump |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROP |
| Area | 2.024HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01928 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-KNO-01 |
SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 22, 69, 71, MEAS. SEC. 12, PL. IV).
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, SCALE 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS COPPER ZONE COULD OCCUR OVER A WIDE AREA. |
| Deposit | SMITH (1974, P. 22, 69, 71) MEASURED SEC. 12 IS REFERENCE. THIS WAS 51 FT OF BEDS WITH 29 FT OF SAN ANGELO ABOVE 22 FT OF CHOZA, ON SW BANK OF GYP CREEK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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