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Hackberry Creek-3

Occurrence in Hardeman 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 10022079
MRDS ID DE01900
Record type Site
Current site name Hackberry Creek-3
Alternate or previous names Core E-5 of Stroud and Others 1970, P. 88-89, Quoted By Galloway 1970, P. 59, Fig. 4 and Smith 1974, P. 65, Site I-27.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.66871, 34.17483 (WGS84)
Elevation 472
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 6.3 MI E. OF TEXAS HWY. 2568 (ON E. SIDE OF QUANAH) ON U.S. HWY. 287. TURN S. 4.6 MI TO RANCH HOUSE ON W. SIDE, ABOUT 0.75 MI NE OF MEDICINE MOUNDS. TURN SW 0.7 MI FROM HOUSE TO INTERSECTION. TURN W. AND SW FOR 1 MI TO INTERSECTION. GO W. ABOUT 0.75 MI, THEN NW 1.0 MI, THEN W. 0.5 MI TO INTERSECTION, THEN SW 0.8 MI TO 5-WAY INTERSECTION, THEN S. 0.35 MI, THEN W. 0.15 MI. WALK S. ABOUT 1,000 FT TO DRILL SITE ON NE SIDE OF A BRANCH OF HACKBERRY CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardeman(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Mound(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 Hardeman

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
9 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION GIVEN ABOVE IS ON DRILL COLLAR; 1,507-1,500 FT ON COPPER-SHALE. BLOCK A-575, EAST LINE AND RED RIVER RAILROAD CO. SURVEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.07-0.82% CU AT 43.4-49.8 FT (EL. 1,507-1,500 FT)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blaine Formation
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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 TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW, 30 FT/MI OR LESS
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 13.23M
    Depth to bottom 15.18M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic, Sabkha?

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY LLOYD AND THOMPSON (1929), SMITH (1974, PL. I), 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 1968
Discoverer Stroud And Others

Mining district

District name Medicine Mounds

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brown Ranch?
    Home office Robert E. Brown, Route 3, Quanah, Tx. 79252

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS COPPER-SHALE IS PROBABLY WIDESPREAD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROP
    Area 259.008HA

Comments on development

  • DRILL HOLE E-5, NOV. 1968; EL. 1,550 FT; TD 54 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF EAST PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.

  • 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. 88-89).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 65, SITE I-27).

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (P. 59, FIG. 4)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS ZONE IS ABOUT 6 FT THICK, AND IT COULD OCCUR OVER A WIDE AREA.
Deposit DRILLED NOV. 1968. ELEVATION 1,550 FT; TD, 54 FT; 0.07-0.82% CU AT 43.4-49.8 FT IN UPPER FLOWERPOT SHALE IN SHALE AND GYPSUM.

Reporter information

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

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