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Cottonwood Creek-1

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 10022082
MRDS ID DE01901
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Creek-1
Alternate or previous names Core E-4 of Stroud and Others 1970, P. 87-88, Quoted By Galloway 1970, P. 58, Fig. 4, And Smith 1974, P. 65, Site I-26, In Sw-Sw-Sec. 86, Block H, Waco and Northwestern Railroad Co. Survey.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.66094, 34.18289 (WGS84)
Elevation 477
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 6.3 MI E. OF TEXAS HWY. 2568 (ON E. SIDE OF QUANAH) ON U.S. HWY. 286. TURN S. 4.6 MI TO RANCH HOUSE ON W. SIDE. 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 INTERSECTION, THEN E. 0.15 MI TO DRILL SITE E-4 ON S. SIDE OF ROAD ON BROWN RANCH.

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
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Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION GIVEN ABOVE IS ON CORE E-4; 1501-1499 FT ON COPPER-SHALE AND DOLOMITE IN E-4. BLOCK H, WACO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD CO. SURVEY (E-4). E-3, 1800 FT NE OF E-4, EL. 1550 FT; TD, 60 FT, NOV. 1968 (STROUD, P. 85-86). SITE I-6 OF SMITH (1974, P. 63); 1000 FT ESE OF E-3. SITE 36 OF STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 38) (USBM NO. RAF-55) 1400 FT. SITE 37 OF STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 39) (USBM NO. RAF-56); GIVEN AS C. OF S. LINE OF SEC. 86, BUT SHOWN 2400 FT NE OF E-3?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.16-0.65% CU, FROM 64.6-65.7 FT (EL. 1501-1499 FT), SITE E-4
Result 0.02-0.04% CU, FROM 58.8-59.7 FT (EL. 1491 FT), SITE E-3
Result 0.004-4.4% CU, FROM 36-INCH SHALE, SITE I-6 OF SMITH (1974, P. 63)
Result 1.25% CU FROM 8-INCH SHALE, SITE 36 OF STROUD
Result 0.80% CU FROM 22-INCH SHALE, SITE 37 OF STROUD.

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) 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 > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale (Upper)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.66094, 34.18289
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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 0.91M

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 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
    First year 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE COPPER-SHALE MAY BE WIDESPREAD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings THREE OUTCROPS AND 2 DRILL SITES
    Area 259.008HA

Comments on development

  • DRILL HOLES E-3 AND 3-4

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. 38-39, 85-88).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 63, 65, SITES I-6, I-25, I-26, I-39, I-40.

  • 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. 57-58, FIG. 4)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP ELEVATION, 1490-1500 FT.
Deposit THE COPPER-SHALE AND DOLOMITE IS 3 FT THICK OR LESS, AND IT COULD OCCUR OVER SEVERAL SQUARE MILES.
Deposit ELEVATION 1565 FT; TD, 74.5 FT; DRILLED NOV. 1968. COPPER IN DOLOMITE AND SHALE AT 64.6-65.7 FT IN UPPER FLOWERPOT SHALE. ALSO SITES E-3, 36, 37 OF STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 38-39, 85-86), QUOTED BY GALLOWAY (1970, P. 57, FIG. 4) AND SMITH (1974, P. 63, 65, SITES I-25, I-39, I-40). ALSO SMITH (1974, P. 63, SITE I-6), ALL IN SEC. 86 IN UPPER FLOWERPOT SHALE.

Reporter information

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

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