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Teacup Mountain-1

Occurrence in Foard 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 10022073
MRDS ID DE01890
Record type Site
Current site name Teacup Mountain-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.84121, 34.06568 (WGS84)
Elevation 475
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO ABOUT 7.1 MI W. OF CROWELL ON U.S. HWY. 70 TO ABOUT 0.5 MI W. OF SIX MILE HILL. TURN N. 3.4 MI TO INTERSECTION. STAY TO NE ROAD. PROCEED N. FOR ABOUT 1.6 MI TO TEACUP MOUNTAIN ON W. SIDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Foard(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teacup Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pease(hydrologic unit)

Red-Pease(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Foard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2 NE OF NE OF SE OF NW Texas

Comments on the location information

  • BLOCK A-498, SAN ANTONIO AND MEXICAN GULD RAILROAD CO. SURVEY. SAMPLE 7 OF SMITH WAS TAKEN ABOUT 1,200 FT N. OF MOUNTAIN, ALONG ROAD, AT ABOUT EL. 1,430 FT, A 4-INCH SHALE, .003% CU, FROM FLOWERPOT SHALE. THE MEASURED SEC. 9 OF SMITH (1974, P. 60, 63, 67, 74) WAS ALONG THE ROAD E. AND S. OF TEACUP MOUNTAIN WHERE 50 FT OF FLOWERPOT SHALE WAS MEASURED, FROM EL. 1,440 FT TO 1,500 FT, WITH MALACHITE AT BASE, IN 7-INCH SHALE AND SANDSTONE, ASSAYING AT 0.14% CU. STROUD'S (1970, P. 38) SAMPLES 29-30 (USBM, SAMPLE NO. 5, RAF 9-10) WERE FROM AN 8-INCH SANDSTONE (1.05% CU) AND AN 8-INCH SHALE (1.10%) IN THE FLOWERPOT, PROBABLY IN THE SAME AREA AS THAT OF SMITH, IN SEC. 2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.05-1.10% CU (SAMPLES 29-30) OF STROUD AND OTHERS
Result 0.14% CU (MEAS. SEC. 9, OF SMITH)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.84121, 34.06568
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 30 FT/MI OR LESS TO NW
    Thickness 0.2M

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 BEEDE AND CHRISTNER (1926), SMITH (1974, PL. I), THOMPSON, FOSTER, AND GARRETT (1930), AND HENTZ AND BROWN (1987).; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1878
Discoverer ?Mcclellan, George B., And Others

Mining district

District name Mcclellan

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Johnson-Ekern Ranch

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS COPPER MAY BE WIDESPREAD, BUT IT IS LENTICULAR AND SPORADIC.

Workings at the site

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

Comments on the workings information

  • COPPER MAY BE WIDESPREAD IN THIS AREA IN FLOWERPOT SHALE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    BEEDE, J.W., AND CHRISTNER, D.D., 1926, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 2607, P. 18-57.

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, W.C., FOSTER, F.K., AND GARRETT, M.M., COMPILERS, 1930, GEOLOGIC MAP OF FOARD COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 38).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 60, 63, 67, 74, PL. I).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 38, SAMPLES 29-30) AND SMITH (1974, P. 60, 63, 67, 74, PL. I, MEAS. SEC. 9, SAMPLES 7, 44) ARE MAIN REFERENCES ON JOHNSON-EKERN RANCH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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