| Deposit ID | 10022064 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01880 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Franklin Ranch-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.21811, 33.81874 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 271 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO W. OF HENRIETTA , FROM C. OF TOWN, ABOUT 1.25 MI ON U.S. HWY 82, TO INTERSECTION WITH U.S. HWY. 287. ABOUT 600 FT NNE OF HIGHWAY IS GRAVEL PIT AND BREAK IN HILL. POSSIBLY, SOMEPLACE IN THIS AREA, OR IN THIS PIT, OR POSSIBLY IN THE HIGHWAY CUT, A.E.C. FILE NO. 2437 WAS COLLECTED, CONSISTING OF COPPER MINERALS IN SANDSTONE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Henrietta(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 | Clay |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE OF SE OF NW OF E2 | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sandstone | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Nocona Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Nocona Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Sandstone 10 Of Nocona Formation |
| Rock description | Sandstone 10 Of Nocona Formation |
| (1) | -98.21811, 33.81874 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip Nnw Less Than 1 Degree |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | ENE |
| Dip | LESS THAN 1 DEGREE NNW |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1973 |
| Discoverer | Blair And Others (1973) |
| District name | Henrietta |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Franklin Ranch |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01880 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-CLA-02 |
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).
ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P.
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.
HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (P. 6, 16-19, 53).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OUTCROP OR PIT |
| Deposit | BLAIR AND OTHERS (1973, P. 10, PL. 1) LOC. A.E.C. FILE NO. 2437 IS REFERENCE. COPPER MINERALS IN SANDSTONE ABOVE SHALE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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