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(Facility) Smelter Canyon

Plant in Stonewall county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
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  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 10022123
MRDS ID DE01952
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Smelter Canyon
Alternate or previous names Hugh-Rogers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.07233, 33.35569 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 5 MI N. OF ASPERMONT ON TEXAS HWY. 1263 FROM SE SIDE OF ASPERMONT. TURN E. 1 MI, GO N. 0.5 MI, TURN E. 3.5 MI TO BRIDGE OVER SALT FORK, GO N. 1 MI, TURN E. FOLLOWING ROAD THAT JOGS NE FOR 7 MI OR MORE TO INTERSECTION OF KIOWA PEAK ROAD. TURN N. ALONG KIOWA PEAK ROAD, JOGGING NW FOR ABOUT 1 MI TO E. SIDE OF KIOWA PEAK, PROCEED N. AND NW FOR ABOUT 2 MI WHERE ROAD TURNS W. AND S. AROUND BLAINE BLUFF. TAKE ROAD E. UP BLUFF AND FOLLOW S. FOR ABOUT 0.5 MI TO END OF ROAD. WALK ABOUT 0.5 MI SSW. THE SMELTER CANYON MINE SHOULD BE IN THE BLUFF ON THE NE SIDE OF A TRIBUTARY TO SMELTER CANYON. IT IS ABOUT 1.1 MI WNW OF KIOWA PEAK. TWO ADITS AND A STRIP PIT WERE SEEN IN 1970 BY STROUD AND OTHERS. A MILL ALSO OPERATED AT THIS SITE. PATTON (1930, P. 31-32) PUBLISHED A MEASURED SECTION AT KIOWA PEAK OF ABOUT 360 FT OF BLAINE-FLOWERPOT. KIOWA PEAK IS ABOUT 800 FT SW OF THE CENTER OF THE MANUELLA CORDOVA SURVEY. HORNADAY (1932) QUOTES MCCLELLAN DOCUMENT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stonewall(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kiowa Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aspermont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lubbock(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 Stonewall

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Texas

Comments on the location information

  • MANUELLA CORDOVA SURVEY. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37) LOCATED THE PROSPECTS IN SEC. 2 OF THE BUFFALO BAYOU, BRAZOS, AND COLORADO RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY, THE E. LINE OF WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 1000 FT W. OF WHERE SMITH (1974, PL. IV) LOCATED THE PROSPECT. LOCATED APPROXIMATELY BY SMITH (1974, PL. IV). ROESSLER (1876B) HAS ANOTHER LOCATION NEAR C. OF SEC. 1, BBB&C RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMITH (1974, P. 69, MEAS. SEC. 11) MENTIONS THAT MALACHITE OCCURS IN UPPER CEDAR MOUNTAIN MEMBER OR SAME AS UPPER FLOWERPOT SHALE, ABOUT 0.5 MI E. OF KIOWA PEAK. NO CHEMICAL ANALYSES GIVEN. THIS IS IN THE SE OF SW OF NE OF THE MANUELLA CORDOVA SURVEY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.15-9.5% CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blaine Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle W. Dip About 15-30 Ft/Mi Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 15-30 FT/MI W.

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic, Sabkha?

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY PATTON (1930, P. 31-32) WHO MEASURED 360 FT OF BLAINE-FLOWERPOT AT KIOWA PEAK; STORM (1928) WHO HAD A LAND-ARID MAP; BARNES (1967) AND SMITH (1974, PL. IV, MINE E, P. 69, MEAS. SEC. 11) WHO MEASURED 49 FT, ABOUT 0.6 MI E. OF KIOWA PEAK; CUMMINS (1891, P. 407, MEAS. SEC. 16) WHO MEASURED 154 FT OF ROCK AT KIOWA PEAK.; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1757
Discoverer Spanish Miners. John Maley (May 1-2, 1812, P. 15-23) Described The Mines And Smelter. He Named The Peak New Potosi. Sherrill (1924) And Mcconnell (1889, P. 294) Give Mcclellan-Roessler Expedition (1872) And Earlier Accounts. Hale (1977, P. 157-159) Mentions Mcclellan'S Activities, 1884-1892. George Mcclellan In 1882 And Later.
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1945
Plant type Smelter
Production years 1882-1945

Mining district

District name Kiowa Peak

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hugh-Rogers
    First year 1945
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Pitcock (Owns 3600 Acres Around Kiowa Peak)
    Home office 2 Mi S. Of Aspermont On Hwy. 83

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UPPER FLOWERPOT COPPER, PROBABLY JUST BELOW KISER GYPSUM. THE MINES WERE PROBABLY WORKED BY THE SPANISH IN THE 1750'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings TWO ADITS AND A STRIP PIT WERE OPENED. MCCLELLAN PROSPECT
    Area 0.405HA
  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings HUGH-ROGERS PROSPECT

Comments on the workings information

  • THE AREA WAS WORKED FOR COPPER BY THE SPANISH BEFORE 1774.

Comments on development

  • ROESSLER (1872) WAS WITH THE WASHINGTON AND TEXAS LAND AND COPPER CO. MCCLELLAN (1877) WAS WITH THE GRAND BELT COPPER CO. AFTER MCCLELLAN'S DEATH IN 1885, THE COMPANY OPERATED UNTIL 1892.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1876B, MAP OF HASKELL COUNTY, TEXAS (1" = 2 MI) (COPPER SHOWN AT KIOWA PEAK AND S. AND IN SEC. 1 OF BBB&C RAILROAD COL SURVEY).

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: NEW YORK, EDW. WELLKE AND BRO. (1" = 40 MI).

  • Deposit

    SCHOCH, 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1814, 256 P. (P. 112, 203-204).

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1876A, ALBERT HANFORD'S TEXAS STATE REGISTER FOR 1876, 146 P. (P. 86-90, MAP).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1890, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1889, P. 185-197 (P. 196-197).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SECOND ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1890, P. 359-552, PL. 18 (P. 406-407, 451, 453-454).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1892, NO. 1, P. 177-238 (P. 234-235).

  • Deposit

    STORM, L.W., COMPILER, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF STONEWALL CO., TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    PATTON, L.T., 1930, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 3027, 77 P. (P. 31-32).

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, LUBBOCK SHEET: 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. (P. 37).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 69, PL. IV, MINE E).

  • Deposit

    MCCONNELL, H.H., 1889, FIVE YEARS A CAVALRYMAN: JACKSBORO, TEXAS, ROGERS AND COMPANY, 319 P. (P. 215-217, 288-297, ESP. P. 294). (HE WAS ON EXPEDITION WITH ROESSLER AND MCCLELLAN).

  • Deposit

    SHERRILL, R.E., 1924, LOST COPPER MINES, ETC., IN LEGENDS OF TEXAS: TEXAS FOLK-LORE SOC., AUSTIN, P. 72-77.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, FRANCIS, JR., 1840, MAP AND DESCRIPTION OF TEXAS: H. TANNER, PHILADELPHIA, 143 P. (P. 14).

  • Deposit

    MOORE, FRANCIS, JR., 1843, TELEGRAPH AND TEXAS REGISTER, OCT. 18, 1843, P. 3, GALVESTON, TEXAS.

  • Deposit

    HORNADAY, W.D., 1932, WEST TEXAS TODAY, V. 13, APRIL, P. 5, 17. (QUOTES MCCLELLAN'S 1877 PROSPECTUS AND JUNE 20, 1883, REPORT.)

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1977, PROSPECTING AND MINING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 106, 119-125, 141-142, 157-158, 160-161, 186-189, 199, 219-220, 228, 232, 235, 254-255, 265-267).

  • Deposit

    MALEY, JOHN, 1813, JOHN MALEY'S JOURNAL OF HIS TRIP UP RED RIVER FOR THE TEXAS IRON: YALE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, SILLIMAN FAMILY PAPERS; 2 VOL. JOURNAL; VOL. 1, P. 1-96 TO APRIL 12, 1812; V. 2, P. 1-86 TO OCT. 10, 1813 (VOL. 2, P. 15-23) (NEVER PUBLISHED; NAMED PEAK NEW POTOSI, P. 23, BUT NOW IT IS KIOWA PEAK) (DESCRIBED SHAFT, SMELTER, MALACHITE, NATIVE COPPER, ETC., MAY 1-2, 1812).

  • Deposit

    FURMAN, J.H., 1881, NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES TRANSACTIONS, V. 1, OCT. 31, 1881, P. 15-20 (P. 16-18).

  • Deposit

    LOEW, OSCAR, AND ROESSLER, A.R., 1873, EXPLORATION OF THE NORTHWEST PART OF TEXAS IN 1872: PETERMANN'S MITTHEILUNGEN AUS THISTUS PERTHES GEOGRAPHISCHER ANSTALT . . . (GOTHA), V. 19, P. 453-467, MAP, PL. 23 (P. 460-463).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY TOP OF FLOWERPOT SHALE, BELOW KISER GYPSUM.
Deposit CUMMINS (1890, 1891, 1893) GAVE SOME OF THE FIRST REFERENCES. ROESSLER (1876, MAP) SHOWED SEVERAL LOCATIONS OF COPPER IN THIS AREA ALSO.
Deposit LOEW AND ROESSLER (1873, P. 460-463) DISCUSS THIS AREA. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37) AND SMITH (1974, PL. IV, MINE E) GIVE LOCATION AND GEOLOGY. CUMMINS (1893, P. 234-235) MENTIONED THAT GEN. MCCLELLAN PROSPECTED IN THIS AREA. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970) GIVE 1882-1945 AS DATES OF OPERATIONS. ROESSLER (1874; 1876A,B) SHOWS COPPER PROSPECTS IN THIS AREA AND WAS ON EXPEDITION OF 1872. MOORE (1840, P. 14) AND (1843, P. 3) MENTIONS THAT COPPER MINES WERE SEEN AS EARLY AS 1828 OR BEFORE. SHERRILL (1924) MENTIONS THAT SPANISH WORKED HERE BEFORE 1774. FURMAN (1881, P. 16-18) VISITED THE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-93 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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