| Deposit ID | 10022078 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01896 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Maybell Canyon-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -99.80482, 34.15928 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 442 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | GO ABOUT 11 MI S. OF QUANAH ON TEXAS HWY. 6, FROM U.S. HWY 287. TURN W. 2.6 MI TO A RIVER ROAD. GO NW ABOUT 1.9 MI TO MAYBELL CANYON CREEK. (THE ROAD CIRCLES N., THEN NW, THEN SW TO THE CREEK. GO NW ABOUT A MILE TO WHERE ROAD TURNS BACK E., AROUND THE WESTERNMOST SPUR IN THE BLUFFS. WALK ABOUT 200 FT TO BLUFFS. SOMEPLACE HERE, ALONG SE SIDE OF PEASE RIVER, ABOUT 5-6 FT OF GREENISH-GRAY SHALE SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THE TOP OF THE FLOWERPOT SHALE, WITH THREE BEDS OF CHALCOCITE, MALACHITE, AND AZURITE. THE TOP BED IS 3-22 INCHES THICK, WITH 2.5 FT OF SHALE BELOW. THE MIDDLE BED IS 6 INCHES THICK WITH 2 FT OF GREENISH-GRAY AND RED-BROWN SHALE BELOW. THE LOWER BED IS 8 INCHES THICK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hardeman(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Maybell Canyon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Hardeman |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Shale | Gangue |
| Result | 0.94% CU [.09% CU IN 8-INCH SHALE AND DOLOMITE (SITE 43; USBM, RAF-87) AND 0.05% CU IN 6-INCH SHALE (SITE 44; USBM, RAF-88) OF STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 39)] |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale | ||||||||
| Rock description | Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Flowerpot Shale (Upper) |
| Rock description | Flowerpot Shale (Upper) |
| (1) | -99.80482, 34.15928 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
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| Structure description | Gentle Nw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Matador Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | NW ABOUT 30 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1977 |
| Discoverer | Howard G. Schoenike And Raul A. Zeballos Of Schoenike, Wolfe, And Associates, Houston, Texas |
| District name | Pease River |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROPS |
| Area | 1813HA |
| Overall length | 4827.9M |
| Overall width | 4023.25M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01896 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-HAR-03 |
HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., COMPILERS, 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.
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. 39).
SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 63, MAP I-30).
SCHOENIKE, H.G., AND ZEBALLOS, R.A., 1976, OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CIRCULAR 77, P. 99.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | EL. 1,420 FT TO NW ALONG RIVER AND 1,510 FT TO SE NEAR COPPER BREAKS STATE PARK. ABOUT 1,788,000 TONS OF ORE COULD BE MINED, AVERAGING 0.94% CU, WITH 81% RECOVERY OF COPPER AND SILVER BY FLOTATION. |
| Deposit | THERE SEEMS TO BE VERY LITTLE PUBLISHED ON THE AREA. |
| Deposit | SCHOENIKE AND ZEBALLOS (1976, P. 99) IS ONLY REFERENCE. THEY SAID THAT THE DEPOSIT WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NW OF CROWELL, NEAR THE SOUTHEAST BANK OF THE PEASE RIVER. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 39) COLLECTED SAMPLES 43-44 ABOUT 2 MI SE OF MAYBELL CANYON. THEIR SITES ARE ABOUT 4,800 FT NE OF THE SW CORNER OF HOPKINS COUNTY SCHOOL LAND SURVEY, BLOCK A-14, FOUND BY GOING 11 MI S. OF QUANAH ON HWY. 6, TURNING W. 2 MI, THEN N. 0.6 MI, AND WALK E. 600 FT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1993 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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