| Deposit ID | 10022068 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01884 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | York-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.11144, 33.74541 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 280 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO ABOUT 5 MI SE OF HENRIETTA ON U.S. HWY. 287 TO DICKWORSHAM. CONTINUE ABOUT 1.5 MI FARTHER SE TO WHERE HIGHWAY CLIMBS HIGH HILL. CONTINUE ABOUT 0.75 MI SE TO ROAD ON E. TURN E, THEN BACK N. ABOUT 0.8 MI TO ESCARPMENT ON W. SIDE OF ROAD, W. OF RAILROAD. NO EXACT LOCATION WAS GIVEN. THE COPPER COULD OCCUR IN THE BASAL NOCONA FORMATION WITHIN A HALF MILE OF HERE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clay(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bellevue(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | NEAR CENTER OF SE OF SW OF NE OF | 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 | Nocona Formation |
| Rock description | Nocona Formation |
| (1) | -98.11144, 33.74541 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle N. Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | E-W |
| Dip | N. 30 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1893 |
| Year of first production | 1892 |
| Year of last production | 1892 |
| Production years | 1892 |
| District name | Henrietta |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. B. Worsham (Estate) |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | ADIT |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01884 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-CLA-06 |
CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 233).
ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P., MAP.
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.
HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (NOCONA FORMATION).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CUMMINS (1893, P. 233) IS REFERENCE. HE MENTIONED A SHAFT AND COPPER MINERALS, WORKED IN JUNE 1892, 7 MI SE OF HENRIETTA, 3 MI FROM ALMA STATION, ON THE FORT WORTH AND DENVER RAILROAD. THIS COULD BE SOME BADLANDS, ABOUT 1600 FT NNE OF YORK TRIANGULATION STATION, WHERE THERE IS ABOUT 40 FT OF RELIEF. NO EXACT LOCATION IS GIVEN. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1892 OR BEFORE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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