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Occurrence in Fisher 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000434
MRDS ID DE01888
Record type District
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.14208, 32.52515 (WGS84)
Relative position ELEVATION IS 1790-1950 FT ON TOP OF SAN ANGELO SANDSTONE. LATITUDE IS 32-31-30N TO 32-41-30N. LONGITUDE IS 100-08-30W TO 100-10-30W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jones(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raven Creek South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snyder(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Big Spring(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Fisher

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blaine Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description GENTLE DIP OF 40 FT/MI TO WNW, OFF BEND ARCH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • REDUCING ENVIRONMENT, STRATIGRAPHIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1970
Discoverer Stroud And Others

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORLEY, H.T., COMPILER, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF FISHER COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    EIFLER, G.K., JR., COMPILER, 1974A, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, BIG SPRING SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 6 P., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.