York-1

Past Producer in Clay 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 10022068
MRDS ID DE01884
Record type Site
Current site name York-1

Geographic coordinates

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.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Clay

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
17 NEAR CENTER OF SE OF SW OF NE OF Texas

Comments on the location information

  • IN BLOCK A-663, TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD SURVEY, JUST W. OF RAILROAD TRACKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.11144, 33.74541

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle N. Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip N. 30 FT/MI OR LESS

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 ROMER (1974), HENTZ AND BROWN (1987), AND HENTZ (1988).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Henrietta

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. B. Worsham (Estate)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE COPPER COULD OCCUR WITHIN A MILE OR MORE, IN THE BADLANDS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings ADIT
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on development

  • IT WAS WORKED FOR A FEW MONTHS AND ABANDONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • 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. (NOCONA FORMATION).

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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