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Coffee Creek-1

Occurrence in Baylor 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 10022062
MRDS ID DE01877
Record type Site
Current site name Coffee Creek-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.20064, 33.76956 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 6.5 MI N. OF MAYBELLE ON U.S. HWY. 183, 283, TO BRIDGE OVER BIG WICHITA RIVER AT LAKE KEMP DAM. GO 3.25 MI N. TURN W. 0.2 MI, THEN N. 1.4 MI, THEN WSW 0.8 MI, THEN SSW 2.5 MI TO END OF ROAD AT LAKE KEMP NEAR THE SW OF NE OF SW OF SEC. 253, TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS R.R. CO. SURVEY, ABOUT 3000 FT NE OF THE BURIED MOUTH OF COFFEE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baylor(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northeast Lake Kemp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Kemp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 Baylor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
252 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS R.R. CO. SURVEY. ELEVATION GIVEN ABOVE IS ON MOUTH OF COFFEE CREEK (BURIED) IN SE-SE-SE-SEC. 252, T. AND N.O. R.R. CO.; ELEVATION ON LAKE KEMP IS 1140 FT. ABOUT 20-30 FT OF THE LOWER ARROYO FORMATION IS PRESENT IN THIS AREA. THE LAKE KEMP LIMESTONE IS PROBABLY AT ELEVATION 1130 FT AND WOULD BE ABOUT 10 FT UNDER WATER. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE COPPER MINERALS WERE FOUND NOR THE HORIZON. THIS IS NOW THE CLOSEST PLACE TO THE MOUTH OF COFFEE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Clear Fork Group, Arroyo Formation; Or Lueders Formation
    Rock description Clear Fork Group, Arroyo Formation; Or Lueders 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 Clear Fork Group, Arroyo Formation; Or Lueders Formation, Lake Kemp Limestone Or Lower
    Rock description Clear Fork Group, Arroyo Formation; Or Lueders Formation, Lake Kemp Limestone Or Lower
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.20064, 33.76956
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Nw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR OR TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW 30 FT/MI OR LESS
    Thickness 0.3M

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 GARRETT, LLOYD, AND LASKEY (1930), AND HENTZ AND BROWN (1987). THE LAKE KEMP LIMESTONE IS THE MAIN MARKER BED, BUT IT IS MOSTLY UNDER WATER. IT IS PARTLY EXPOSED IN THE NEXT SECTION TO THE EAST, IN THE SE OF SEC. 256, T. AND N.O. R.R. CO. SURVEY. THIS IS NOT THE SAME HORIZON AS THAT AT TABLETOP MOUNTAIN; THE LAKE KEMP LIMESTONE IS ABOUT 300 FT LOWER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1891

Mining district

District name Lake Kemp

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. T. Waggoner
    First year 1929

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IF THE COPPER MINERALS ARE IN THE LAKE KEMP LIMESTONE, THE DEPOSIT COULD EXTEND OVER A WIDE AREA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 4.047HA

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS WERE SEEN IN 1890 BY CUMMINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 453).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 233).

  • Deposit

    GARRETT, M.M., LLOYD, A.M., AND LASKEY, G.E., COMPILERS, 1930, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BAYLOR CO., TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IF THE LAKE KEMP LIMESTONE WAS THE HOST ROCK, THIS COPPER COULD BE WIDESPREAD.
Deposit CUMMINS (1891, P. 453; 1893, P. 233) REFERS TO A COPPER BED AND SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS SEEN NORTH OF THE BIG WICHITA RIVER, NEAR THE MOUTH OF COFFEE CREEK. THE LOWER PART OF THE CREEK IS NOW UNDER LAKE KEMP. THE COPPER COULD HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE LOWER ARROYO FORMATION OF THE CLEAR FORK GROUP, ABOVE THE LAKE KEMP LIMESTONE, OR IN THE LUEDERS FORMATION BELOW OR IN THE LAKE KEMP LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

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

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