Boone Ranch-1

Occurrence in Archer 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. 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 10022056
MRDS ID DE01870
Record type Site
Current site name Boone Ranch-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.95035, 33.59791 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 18 MI E. OF SEYMOUR ON TEX. HWY. 422 TO THE BAYLOR CO.-ARCHER CO. LINE. VEER SLIGHTLY LEFT ON RANCH ROAD FOR 0.15 MI, THEN N. FOR ABOUT 1.2 MI TO END OF ROAD. WALK N. AND NW, FOLLOWING RIDGE, FOR ABOUT 2500 FT TO BLUFF ON GODWIN CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Archer(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dundee SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Wichita(hydrologic unit)

Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Archer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
1 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • IN LOT 2435(?), SOUTHERN PACIFIC R.R. BLOCK. EXACT LOCATION NOT GIVEN. THE LOCALITY IS PROBABLY A STEEP BLUFF OF 40-50 FT ON THE S. SIDE OF GODWIN CREEK, IN NOCONA FORMATION, ABOUT 50 FT BELOW ELM CREEK HORIZON OF OVERLYING PETROLIA FORMATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result AEC FILE NO. 2472

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.95035, 33.59791

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip Nw Off Bend Arch, Less Than 1 Degree

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    Strike NE
    Dip LESS THAN 1 DEGREE NW

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY HENTZ (1988, P. 16-19, 53), HENTZ AND BROWN (1987), AND ROMER (1974). POSSIBLY, THE COPPER WAS FOUND IN A SHALE 40-50 FT BELOW THE ELM CREEK HORIZON, BUT DETAILS ARE NOT GIVEN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1973
Discoverer Blair And Others (1973)

Mining district

District name Godwin Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Boone Ranch

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP; AEC FILE NO. 2472

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P.

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, R.G., STEHLE, F.T., AND LEVICH, R.A., 1973, U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM TM-190, 16 P. (P. 10, PL. 1).

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 21 P., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (P. 16-19, 53).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP
Deposit BLAIR AND OTHERS (1973, P. 10, PL. 1) IS REFERENCE (A.E.C. FILE NO. 2472). EXACT LOCATION NOT GIVEN. CLOSE TO POSITION N. OF WHERE 33 DEGREE 35' LAT. LINE CROSSES W. BORDER OF ARCHER CO., ABOUT 1.5 MI N. OF TEXAS HWY. 422, ON BOONE RANCH.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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