Judge Kerr Prospect

Past Producer in Archer county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098092
MRDS ID DE01873
Record type Site
Current site name Judge Kerr Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.58145, 33.5893 (WGS84)
Elevation 314
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO E. OF ARCHER CITY 1.5 MI ON TEX. HWY 25, AND CONTINUE TO SE ANOTHER 1.4 MI. TURN NNE FOR 0.8 MI ON ROAD. WALK NW ABOUT 1000 FT TO BLUFF.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Archer(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Archer City East(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Archer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Texas

Comments on the location information

  • IN J. SCOTT SURVEY. THE COPPER OCCURS IN GREENISH-GRAY SHALE, IN FOSSIL WOOD, IN A 4-FT LAYER, BELOW A 13-FT SANDSTONE, AND ABOVE ABOUT 25 FT OF RED-BROWN SHALE, IN THE UPPER ARCHER CITY FORMATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Archer City Formation Of Cisco Group
    Rock description Archer City Formation Of Cisco Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Archer City Formation Of Cisco Group
    Rock description Archer City Formation Of Cisco Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.58145, 33.5893

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less To Nnw, Off Bend Arch.

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike ENE
    Dip NNW 30 FT/MI OR LESS
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY NICKELL (1932), ROMER (1974), HENTZ AND BROWN (1987), AND HENTZ (1988).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer Schmitz, E.J. ?
Year of last production 1895

Mining district

District name Archer City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Judge Kerr
    First year 1897

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE COPPER COULD EXTEND OVER A WIDER AREA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROP
    Area 4.047HA

Comments on development

  • SCHMITZ (1897, P. 106-107) SAID THAT MOST OF THE COPPER WAS PICKED UP SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE 1897.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHMITZ, E.J., 1897, A.I.M.E. TRANSACTIONS, V. 26, P. 97-108 (P. 106-107).

  • Deposit

    ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, NO. 427, 31 P., MAP.

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., COMPILERS, 1897, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOL. ATLAS OF TEXAS, WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (NOCONA FORMATION).

  • Deposit

    NICKELL, C.O., 1932, THE COLEMAN JUNCTION HORIZON IN ARCHER AND CLAY COUNTIES, TEXAS: AUSTIN, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, M.A. THESIS, 40 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS COULD OCCUR OVER A WIDER AREA.
Deposit SCHMITZ (1897, P. 106-107, FIG. 5) SAID THAT THIS WAS 2.5 MI ESE OF ARCHER CITY ON THE ROAD TO WINDHORST. THE CLOSEST PLACE THAT FITS HIS DESCRIPTION, AND SECTION AND MAP, IS ON THE J. SCOTT SURVEY, ABOUT 1400 FT NW OF HWY. 25, ABOUT 2.5 MI ESE OF ARCHER CITY. NO LEGAL DESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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