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Mcclellan Mines

Producer 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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022074
MRDS ID DE01891
Record type Site
Current site name Mcclellan Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.82927, 34.09261 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
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. 5 MI TO TEACUP MOUNTAIN. GO N. ABOUT 0.5 MI TO INTERSECTION, THEN NE 1 MI TO C. SEC. 38. GO N. ABOUT 0.5 MI TO S. SIDE OF SEC. 37.

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
37 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • BLOCK A, TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD CO. SURVEY. MCCLELLAN (1877) LOCATED HIS MAIN OPERATIONS IN SECS. 37-38. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37) LOCATED THE MINE IN SEC. 37. BEEDE AND CHRISTNER (1926, P. 38-41, FIG. 5, MAP) LOCATED THE MINE IN SEC. 35 (JUST W. OF 37) ON THE S. SIDE OF CEDAR CREEK. A SMALL TOWN OF 150 PEOPLE LIVED HERE IN THE 1877-1887 PERIOD, AND 12 BUILDINGS WERE ERECTED ALONG WITH A SMELTER AND MILL. IT IS ON JOHNSON-EKERN RANCH. SMITH (1974, P. 63, PL. I) LOCATED THE INE IN THE C. OF WL OF SEC. 2, BLK. 44, H AND TC RR CO. SURVEY, MORE THAN A MILE E. OF THE C. OF SEC. 37. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37-38) COLLECTED SAMPLE 28 (USBM, SAMPLE NO. RAF-8) OF SANDSTONE AND SHALE, AVERAGING 1.40% CU, EXCEPT THAT IT WAS MINE-RUN ORE IN SEC. 37. THE MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1877, AND WORK PROCEEDED TO 1887, AND AGAIN IN 1917, 1943-1945, AND 1967-1970, WHEN EXPLORATION WAS STILL GOING ON. HORNADAY (1932), EWING (1954), PHILLIPS (1917), AND HALE
  • (1977) GIVE MUCH INFORMATION ON HISTORY. THE ORE BED IS SANDSTONE AND SHALE, AND POCKETS CAN BE 2 FT TO 11 FT THICK, ACCORDING TO SMITH (1974, P. 39) WHO QUOTED PHILLIPS (1917). ABOUT 250 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED. MCCLELLAN DIED IN OCT. 1885. HIS GRAND BELT COPPER CO. WAS CAPITALIZED AT $12,000,000.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.40% ON MILL-RUN ORE (STROUD)
Result 0.3-0.4% FROM 9-INCH SHALE AND SANDSTONE IN SEC. 1, BLK. 44, H AND TC RAILROAD CO (SW-SE) OF SMITH (1974, P. 63, 70, SAMPLE 17) (1.4 MI ENE OF C. SEC. 37).

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) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle 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) -99.82927, 34.09261
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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 NW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY BEEDE AND CHRISTNER (1926); THOMPSON, FOSTER, AND GARRETT (1930); SMITH (1974, PL. I); AND HENTZ AND BROWN (1987). FISCHER (1937, P. 915-916) SHOWS A CROSS SECTION WITH A 20-FT SANDSTONE LENS, EXTENDING 0.5 MILES AND ABOUT 200-300 FT WIDE.; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Jones Vaughn, A Pioneer Cowboy, According To J.H. Olds (As Quoted By Scales (1959, P. 35)
Year of first production 1877
Year of last production 1970
Production years 1877-1970+

Mining district

District name Mcclellan

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Continental Copper Syndicate, ; Grand Belt Copper Co., ; Foard County Copper
    First year 1877
    Last year 1888
  • Type Owner
    Owner Johnson-Ekern Ranch

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Period 1877-1970
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.40% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE COPPER COULD BE WIDESPREAD. ACROSS THE RIVER, THERE ARE ESTIMATES THAT ABOUT 1.7 MILLION TONS OF ORE ARE PRESENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OPEN TRENCH AND ADITS
    Area 3642.3HA

Comments on development

  • ABOUT 250 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED TO 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 450, PL. 18).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 234-235).

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, C.W., 1921, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1917, PT. I, METALS, P. 721-722.

  • Deposit

    BEEDE, J.W., AND CHRISTNER, D.D., 1926, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 2607, P. 18-57 (P. 38-44, FIG. 5).

  • 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

    HORNADAY, W.O., 1932, WEST TEXAS TODAY (ABILENE), V. 13, APRIL 1932, P. 5-17.

  • Deposit

    EWING, F.E., JR., 1954, WEST TEXAS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION YEARBOOK, V. 30, P. 17-29 (ABILENE).

  • Deposit

    SCALES, B.F., 1959, NORTH TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, GUIDEBOOK, SEPT. 26, 1959, P. 35-40.

  • 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. 37-38).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 39, 62-63, 70, PL. I).

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1977, PROSPECTING AND MINING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 125, 137-138, 144, 158).

  • 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

    FISCHER, R.P., 1937, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 7, P. 906-951 (P. 915-916).

  • Deposit

    SCHOCH, 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1814, 256 P. (P. 111, 203).

  • Deposit

    MCCLELLAN, G.B. (1877; JUNE 20, 1883; NOV. 1884), PROSPECTUS REPORTS.

  • Deposit

    NEWSPAPERS: FT. WORTH WEEKLY GAZETTE (DEC. 12, 1884); ALBANY NEWS (OCT. 10, 1884); HARDEMAN MIRROR (APRIL 15, 1886); FOARD COUNTY NEWS (MARGARET) (JUNE 15, 1932).

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, L.C., 1917, REPORT ON THE PROPERTY OF THE FOARD COUNTY COPPER COMPANY: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT, 6 P.

  • Production

    STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37-38)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COPPER MAY BE WIDESPREAD, AND RICH POCKETS MAY EXTEND 200 FT OR MORE. THEY COULD BE 2-11 FT THICK, ACCORDING TO PHILLIPS (1917) AS QUOTED BY SMITH (1974, P. 39).
Deposit MCCLELLAN, GEORGE BRINTON (1877, PROSPECTUS) (JUNE 20, 1883, REPORT), GRAND BELT COPPER CO. (NOV. 1884 BROCHURE), FT. WORTH WEEKLY GAZETTE (DEC. 12, 1884), ALBANY NEWS (OCT. 10, 1884), HARDEMAN MIRROR (APRIL 15, 1886), FOARD COUNTY NEWS (JUNE 15, 1932), CUMMINS (1891, P. 450), CUMMINS (1893, P. 234-235), PHILLIPS (1917), HENDERSON (1921), BEEDE AND CHRISTNER (1926, P. 38-41, FIG. 5), HORNADAY (1932), EWING (1954), STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37-38), SMITH (1974, P. 39, 62-63, 70, PL. I), AND HALE (1977, P. 125, 137-138, 144, 158) ARE MAIN REFERENCES. CUMMINS (1891, P. 18) SHOWED THIS TO BE SE OF CANAL CREEK. SCHOCH (1918, P. 111, 203) LISTS AN ANALYSIS FROM CROWELL AREA.

Reporter information

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

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