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Avinger Deposits

Past Producer in Cass county in Texas, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063163
MRDS ID TC36804
Record type Site
Current site name Avinger Deposits
Related records 10251195

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.54272, 32.91488 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position WITHIN A RADIUS OF 2.5 MI OF AVINGER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cass(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avinger(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marshall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tyler(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caddo Lake(hydrologic unit)

Big Cypress-Sulphur(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Sulphur(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Cass
United States Texas Marion

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Weches Member, Mount Selman Formation
    Rock description Weches Mbr, Mount Selman Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.54272, 32.91488
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 0.3 TO 0.5 DEGREES E
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS WORK SCATTERED LEDGES OF ORE UP TO 6.5 FT THICK NEAR ORR SWITCH IN MARION CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 902, P. 119-121

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEDGES OF GOETHITE-HEMATITE ORE 3 IN TO 3 FT THICK IN ORE ZONES UP TO 20 FT THICK. A CARBONATE ZONE UP TO 10 FT THICK. SEVERAL SCATTERED DEPOSITS AGGREGATE 205 AC IN EXTENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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