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Roessler-3,4

Occurrence in Haskell 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022087
MRDS ID DE01907
Record type Site
Current site name Roessler-3,4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.60065, 33.01792 (WGS84)
Elevation 445
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO E. OF STAMFORD 9 MI ON TEXAS HWY. 142. TURN N. (JOGGING E.) ON TEXAS HWY. 600 FOR 6 MILES. TURN E. 1.25 MI, THEN N. 0.9 MI. WALK E. ABOUT 1000 FT TO CREEK. SOMEPLACE NEAR HERE WOULD BE ROESSLER-3 LOCALITY. ABOUT 2200 FT TO NNE WOULD BE THE ROESSLER-4 SITE. THERE IS VERY LITTLE RELIEF ON THIS TRIBUTARY TO PAINT CREEK. THE COPPER WOULD OCCUR IN THE LOWER ARROYO FORMATION, ABOUT 10 FT OR MORE ABOVE THE LYTLE LAKE LS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haskell(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Stamford East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Haskell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Paint(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Haskell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
} } 27 ROESSLER 3}27 ROESSLER 4 NEAR CENTER OF W2 OF SW OF NW {ROESSLER 3}; NEAR CENTER OF NW OF NW {ROESSLER4} Texas

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. GIVEN ABOVE ARE FOR SITE 3. FOR SITE 4, THEY ARE 33-01-25N AND 099-35-53. BOTH SITES 3 AND 4 ARE IN THE W.M. TAYLOR SURVEY. THE TAYLOR SEC. IS 1.5 MI N-S BY ABOUT 2 MI E-W. LAKE STAMFORD IS ON PAINT CREEK. THESE LOCALITIES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE DRAINAGE OF PAINT CREEK, ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN PAINT CREEK AND CALIFORNIA CREEK (TO THE SE). ROESSLER USED THE NAME PAINT CREEK FOR CALIFORNIA CREEK, AND USED THE NAME OTEY'S CREEK FOR WHAT IS NOW PAINT CREEK. CUMMINS (1891, P. 405) HAS 2 MEASURED SECTIONS HERE (12, 13), THE LATTER THE SAME AS THAT ON P. 452. CUMMINS (1893, P. 233) ALSO HAS MEASURED SECTION HERE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Arroyo Formation, Lytle Lake Ls
    Rock description Arroyo Formation, Lytle Lake Ls
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Arroyo Formation About 10 Ft Above Lytle Lake Ls
    Rock description Arroyo Formation About 10 Ft Above Lytle Lake Ls

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.60065, 33.01792
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Nw Dip Of 50 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch.

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 50 FT/MI OR LESS TO NW
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY LLOYD AND THOMPSON (1929) AND HENTZ AND BROWN (1987). CUMMINS (1891, P. 404-405, 452) AND CUMMINS (1893, P. 233) MEASURED 33 FT OF SECTION HERE, DESCRIBING A 3-FT COPPER-SHALE ABOUT 18 TO 21 FT ABOVE THE BASE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Discoverer Roessler, Anton Rudolf

Mining district

District name Paint Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ROESSLER'S MAPS MAY BE SLIGHTLY IN ERROR. CHECK SURROUNDING OUTCROPS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROPS
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 404-405, 452, PL. 18).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 233).

  • Deposit

    HILL, R.T., 1887, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 45, 95 P. (P. 45).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEISER, S.W., 1959, FIELD AND LABORATORY, V. 27, NO. 14 (OCT. 1959), P. 163-256 (SMU, DALLAS) (P. 187-188).

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, KEITH, 1965, TEXAS JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 17, NO. 1, P. 28-45 (AUSTIN, TEXAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE).

  • 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

    HALE, D.K., 1977, PROSPECTING AND MINING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 118-123).

  • Deposit

    BUCKLEY, S.B., 1874, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF TEXAS: 1ST ANNUAL REPORT, 142 P. , HOUSTON, (P. 39-40, 42).

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1876B, MAP OF HASKELL COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS LAND AND IMMIGRATION CO., N.Y., SCALE 1:125,000.

  • Deposit

    LOEW, OSCAR, AND ROESSLER, A.R., 1873, EXPLORATION OF THE NORTHWEST PART OF TEXAS IN 1875. PETERMANN'S - MITTHEILUNGEN AUS JUSTUS PERTHES GEOGRAPHISCHER ANSTALT . . . (GOTHA), V. 19, P. 453-467, PL. 23 (P. 460, FOLLOWED OLD MCKENZIE TRAIL).

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, 1874, LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: EDW. WELLKE AND BRO., N.Y. (1" = 40 MI).

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1876A, MINERAL WEALTH OF TEXAS: ALBERT HANFORD'S TEXAS STATE REGISTER FOR 1876 (GALVESTON), 146 P. (P. 86-90, MAP). (MAP SHOWS THIS COPPER DEPOSIT.)

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1977, PROSPECTING AND MINING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 118-123).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BUCKLEY (1874, P. 42) MENTIONED THE LOOSE COPPER ORES IN THE VICINITY OF CALIFORNIA AND PAINT CREEKS, ON THE SIDES AND THE BASES OF THE HILLS.
Deposit THE COPPER COULD OCCUR OVER A WIDE AREA.
Deposit LOEW AND ROESSLER (1873, P. 460), ROESSLER (1874; 1876A,B), BUCKLEY (1874, P. 39-40, 42). HALE (1977, P. 118-123), YOUNG (1965), HILL (1887, P. 45), AND GEISER (1959, P. 187-188) GIVE DETAILS ABOUT THE ROESSLER MAP AND ROESSLER. CUMMINS (1891, P. 404-405, 452, PL. 18) MEASURED A 33-FT SECTION AT A HILL ON PAINT CREEK IN HASKELL COUNTY, NEAR THE OLD MCKINZIE TRAIL, SHOWING 3 FT OF COPPER CLAY, 18-21 FT ABOVE THE BASE. ROESSLER SHOWS THE MCKINZIE TRAIL CROSSING THROUGH SITE 3 FROM NW TO SE, CROSSING PAINT CREEK (HIS OLNEY'S CREEK) ABOUT 1.25 MI NW OF SITE 3, AND CROSSING CALIFORNIA CREEK (ROESSLER'S PAINT CREEK) ABOUT 1.5 MI E. OF HIS SITE 3.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1872 OR BEFORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-93 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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