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Hackberry Creek-2

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 10022081
MRDS ID DE01899
Record type Site
Current site name Hackberry Creek-2
Alternate or previous names Sites 48-50 of Stroud and Others 1970, P. 39 Usbm, Sample Nos. Raf-57-59.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.69955, 34.16928 (WGS84)
Elevation 460
Relative position GO 7.5 MI S. OF QUANAH ON TEXAS HWY. 6, FROM U.S. HWY. 287. TURN E. ABOUT 2 MI. GO S. ABOUT 0.6 MI. TURN SE ABOUT 0.4 MI. WALK S. ABOUT 900 FT TO S. BANK OF HACKBERRY CREEK TO SITE 50. FOR SITE 49, CONTINUE E. ON ROAD FOR ANOTHER 0.6 MI. THE ROAD TURNS S. ACROSS A N. BRANCH OF HACKBERRY CREEK, THEN EAST, AND BEGINS TO TURN BACK N. AGAIN. ON THE E. SIDE IS SITE 49. ABOUT 1,000 FT FARTHER E., IN A SOUTH-FACING ESCARPMENT, IS SITE 48, AT ABOUT ELEVATION 1,510 FT.

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
10 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE GIVEN ABOVE ARE ON SITE 50. EAST LINE AND RED RIVER RR CO. SURVEY FOR SITE 50. SITE 49 IS 3,000 FT E. OF SITE 50 AND ABOUT 200 FT N. IN NW OF SE OF E2 OF SEC. 10. SITE 48 IS 1,000 FT E. OF SITE 49 IN THE NE OF SE OF E2 OF SEC. 10. SMITH'S (1974, P. 63) SITES I-38, I-37, I-35 ARE STROUD'S SITES 48, 49, AND 50, RESPECTIVELY. GALLOWAY (1970, FIG. 4) HAD DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR 48-50, IN HOPKINS COUNTY SCHOOL LAND, JUST S. OF SEC. 10 OF E.L. AND R.R. RAILROAD CO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.17% CU IN 10-INCH SHALE, SITE 48
Result 0.50% CU IN 18-INCH SHALE, SITE 49
Result 0.80% CU IN 7-INCH SHALE, SITE 50.

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) 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) -99.69955, 34.16928
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW ABOUT 30 FT/MI OR LESS
    Thickness 0.46M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

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 1971
Discoverer Stroud And Others

Mining district

District name Medicine Mounds

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hurst Ranch
    Home office Jack Hurst, 610 Mercer, Quanah, Tx. 79252

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE COPPER-SHALE MAY BE WIDESPREAD OVER SEVERAL SQUARE MILES.

Workings at the site

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILER, 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. 39).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 63, SITES I-35, 37-38).

  • 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. (FIG. 4)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP, ABOUT 1,510 FT ELEVATION.
Deposit THIS COPPER-SHALE COULD EXTEND OVER MANY SQUARE MILES.
Deposit ALL ON HURST RANCH IN SEC. 10 OF EAST LINE AND RED RIVER RAILROAD CO. SURVEY, IN U. FLOWERPOT SHALE, IN 7- TO 10-INCH SHALE, ASSAYING AT 0.17-0.80% CU.

Reporter information

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

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