Brushy Creek-1

Occurrence in Haskell 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022088
MRDS ID DE01908
Record type Site
Current site name Brushy Creek-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.5787, 33.33152 (WGS84)
Elevation 448
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 5.7 MI E. OF U.S. HWY. 77 (N. OF WEINERT) ON TEXAS HWY. 1720. TURN S. 0.2 MI, THEN E. 0.2 MI, THEN SE 0.5 MI TO INTERSECTION. GO E. 0.1 MI TO ESCARPMENT ON N. OF ROAD. SOMEPLACE IN HERE IS POSSIBLY WHERE ROESSLER FOUND SOME COPPER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haskell(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mattson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Haskell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
31 NE OF SW OF NW OF SW OF Texas

Comments on the location information

  • BLOCK 46, HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. SURVEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Clear Fork Group
    Rock description Clear Fork Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Clear Fork Group (Middle)
    Rock description Clear Fork Group (Middle)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.5787, 33.33152

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dip To Nw Of 50 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW 50 FT/MI OR LESS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY LLOYD AND THOMPSON (1929) AND HENTZ AND BROWN (1987).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Discoverer Roessler, A.R.

Mining district

District name Weinert

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CHECK SURROUNDING HILLS FOR COPPER. THE LOCALITY MAY NOT BE ACCURATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROP
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1876A, AN ACCOUNT OF THE MINERAL WEALTH OF TEXAS, IN ALBERT HANFORD'S TEXAS STATE REGISTER FOR 1876: GALVESTON, 146 P. (P. 86-90, MAP).

  • Deposit

    LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF THE EAST PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., COMPILERS, 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COPPER COULD BE WIDESPREAD, BUT COVERED.
Deposit ROESSLER (1876A) SHOWS COPPER LOCALITY BETWEEN LAKE CREEK AND MILLER'S CREEK AT ABOUT THIS PLACE. I PICKED A SPOT WHERE THERE IS ABOUT 30 FT OF RELIEF IN ABOUT 500 FT DISTANCE ON S. SIDE OF A BRANCH OF BRUSHY CREEK, ABOUT 6 MI E. OF WEINERT.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1872 OR BEFORE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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