| Deposit ID | 10022058 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01872 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Long Creek-1,2 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.67841, 33.66902 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 305 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO SW OF DADS CORNER ON TEX. HWY. 368, 0.5 MI. GO S. ABOUT 3 MI. VEER SE ABOUT 2 MI TO BUTTE ON E. SIDE (SEC. 108). WALK ABOUT 800 FT E. TO STEEP ESCARPMENT ON S. SIDE. SOMEPLACE THERE MIGHT BE A COPPER EXPOSURE. CONTINUE SSE ON ROAD FOR 0.4 MI TO INTERSECTION. GO SW ABOUT 0.1 MI TO HOUSE. ABOUT 1500 FT SW OF HOUSE IS BUTTE. THE S. FACE OF THE BUTTE MIGHT HAVE COPPER DEPOSITS (SEC. 125). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Archer(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dads Corner(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Archer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| } | } | 125}108 | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Shale | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Nocona Formation | ||||||
| Rock description | Nocona Formation | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Nocona Formation |
| Rock description | Nocona Formation |
| (1) | -98.67841, 33.66902 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Nnw, Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | ENE |
| Dip | NNW 30 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1864 |
| Discoverer | Col. J.B. Barry And Indians, From Ft. Belknap |
| Year of first production | 1864 |
| Year of last production | 1882 |
| Production years | 1864-1882? |
| District name | Archer City |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Confederate Army (Austin, Tex.), ; Texas Land And Immigration Co., ; Washing |
| First year | 1868 |
| Last year | 1865 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROPS |
| Area | 4.047HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01872 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-ARC-05 |
ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: NEW YORK, EDW. WELLKE AND BRO. (1 INCH = 40 MI).
CUMMINS, W.R., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 449, PL. 18).
CUMMINS, W.R., 1908, JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, V. 16, NO. 8, P. 737-745 (P. 740).
ROMER, A.S., 1935, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 46, NO. 11, P. 1597-1657 (P. 1617).
ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, NO. 427, 31 P. (MAP).
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.
HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (NOCONA FORMATION).
SCHMITZ, E.J., 1897, AIME, TRANSACTIONS, V. 26, P. 97-108.
NICKELL, C.O., 1932, THE COLEMAN JUNCTION HORIZON IN ARCHER AND CLAY COUNTIES, TEXAS: AUSTIN, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, M.A. THESIS, 40 P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO MENTION OF MINES N. OF THE LITTLE WICHITA RIVER IS MADE BY SCHMITZ (1897), BUT CUMMINS (1908, P. 740) MENTIONS THIS. |
| Deposit | CUMMINS (1891, P. 449, PL. 18; 1908, P. 740), ROEMER (1935, P. 1617), AND ROESSLER (1874) ARE REFERENCES TO COPPER OCCURRENCES NORTH OF THE LITTLE WICHITA RIVER IN ARCHER COUNTY, NORTH OF THE ISBELL MINE AREA. EXACT LOCALITIES NOT GIVEN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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