| Deposit ID | 10022088 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01908 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Brushy Creek-1 |
| 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. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Haskell |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | NE OF SW OF NW OF SW OF | 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 | Clear Fork Group | ||||||||
| Rock description | Clear Fork Group | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| 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) |
| (1) | -99.5787, 33.33152 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Dip To Nw Of 50 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | NW 50 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1873 |
| Discoverer | Roessler, A.R. |
| District name | Weinert |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROP |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01908 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-HAS-03 |
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).
LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF THE EAST PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.
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.
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1993 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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