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Buzzard Peak Prospect

Past Producer in King 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 10022103
MRDS ID DE01925
Record type Site
Current site name Buzzard Peak Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.01982, 33.49902 (WGS84)
Elevation 494
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 15 MI NW OF KNOX CITY ON TEXAS HWY. 143 TO BUZZARD PEAK (SW SIDE). TURN S. ON ROAD ABOUT 0.45 M. TAKE UNIMPROVED ROAD ON SE FOR 0.5 MI TO FORK IN ROAD. IF YOU GO 0.3 MI TO SE AND WALK ABOUT 600 FT TO NE DOWN ESCARPMENT, YOU WILL BE AT THE MINE. IF YOU TAKE THE S. FORK ABOUT 0.2 MI, YOU WILL BE AT CORE HOLE A-7, ON W. SIDE OF ROAD, 200 FT OR LESS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kiowa Peak NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aspermont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lubbock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Brazos-Millers(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 King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
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Comments on the location information

  • J.G. EUSTIS SURVEY (THE SECTION IS ORIENTED NW-SE, BUT THE DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN AS IF THE SECTION WERE ORIENTED N-S). CORE HOLE A-7 IS 2000 FT SW OF MINE, J.G. EUSTIS SURVEY. ELEVATION GIVEN ABOVE IS AT MINE, NEAR MILL. ELEVATION IS 1650 FT ON CORE HOLE A-7 (TD, 105 FT; 0.01% CU OR LESS AT 97-99 FT), ALL FLOWERPOT. THE MILL WAS ERECTED IN 1917, SUPPOSEDLY CLOSE TO THE MINE, TO THE N. OF THE MINE. THE ZONE IS ABOUT 8 FT THICK AND IS SHALE, WITH CHALCOCITE NODULES AND FOSSIL WOOD. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 39) TOOK SAMPLE 63 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SAMPLE NO. RAF-28) FROM MILL TAILINGS OR MINE-RUN ORE THAT ASSAYED AT 1.20% CU. THIS WOULD BE ZONE A OF UPPER FLOWERPOT SHALE. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37) SAID THAT THE MINE WAS WORKED FROM 1882-1945 AND THAT ABOUT 2550 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED (INCLUDING SOME ORE FROM STONEWALL COUNTY). THIS WAS PROBABLY A MCCLELLAN PROSPECT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.20% CU FROM MILL TAILINGS
Result 0.01% OR LESS AT 97-99 FT IN CORE A-7 (OR EL. 1553-1551 FT), WHICH WOULD BE M. FLOWERPOT.

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) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle 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 W. Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip W. ABOUT 30 FT/MI OR LESS
    Thickness 2.44M

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 HUBBARD AND FISCHER (1930), BARNES (1967), AND SMITH (1974, PL. IV).; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1647
Discoverer Possibly Spanish (1647). Mcclellan, George, Or Roessler, A.R.? Roessler (1874) Shows This On His Map.
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1945
Production years 1882-1945

Mining district

District name Buzzard Peak

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joseph Tackitt . W.R. Ross Ranch
    Home office Mr. Shirley R. Clark, Jr., Trustee, First National Bank Of Fort Worth, Fort Worth,
    First year 1915

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS ZONE MAY BE SPORADIC. CORE HOLE A-7 LACKED THE COPPER SHALE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings 2 PITS AND ONE ADIT
    Area 2.024HA

Comments on development

  • HALE (1972, P. 168-169) - B.B. HENDRIX, OF SW KNOX CO., FOUND COPPER SPANISH MEDALLION HERE: "S. PATER BENED. ICIVS. SILVESTCON SILF, 1647" ON ONE SIDE, AND ST. PETER, ANGEL, AND BIBLE ON OTHER SIDE. FROM 1882-1945, 2550 TONS OF ORE WERE REMOVED. A MILL WAS ERECTED IN 1917.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.K., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 37, 39, 56-57).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 66, PL. IV).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 451, PL. 18).

  • Deposit

    CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 235).

  • Deposit

    RICHARD, L.M., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 7, P. 634-650 (P. 645). BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - LUBBOCK SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, W.E., AND FISCHER, R.W., COMPILERS, 1930, GEOLOGIC MAP OF KING COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - LUBBOCK SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, A.R. ROESSLER'S LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. (EDW. WELLKE, AND BRO., 141 FULTON ST., N.Y.) (1 IN. = 40 MI)

  • Deposit

    GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (P. 33).

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH INING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF WEST TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 168-169).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CORE HOLE A-7 DID NOT ENCOUNTER ANY COPPER AT THIS HORIZON.
Deposit STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37, 39, 56-57) IS MAIN REFERENCE. RICHARD (1915, P. 645) IS ANOTHER REFERENCE; ON JOSEPH TACKITT RANCH. CHALCOCITE NODULES AND FOSSIL WOOD. SMITH (1974, P. 66, PL. IV) GIVES GEOLOGY AND CORE HOLE A-7 DATA OF STROUD. GALLOWAY (1970, P. 33) ALSO GIVES DATA ON CORE HOLE A-7 OF STROUD. WAS ROSS RANCH (IN 1970). THE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO PITS AND ONE ADIT. CUMMINS (1891, P. 451, PL. 18; 1893, P. 235) MENTIONS BUZZARD PEAK SHOWING THREE PROSPECTS, TWO S. AND ONE N. OF BUZZARD PEAK, WITHIN 2 MILES OF THE PEAK.
Deposit Discovery Year: POSSIBLY 1647; 1872 OR BEFORE?

Reporter information

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

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