| Deposit ID | 10022104 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01926 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | North Buzzard Peak-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -100.01482, 33.53096 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 482 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | GO ABOUT 15 MI NW OF KNOX CITY TO BUZZARD PEAK ON TEXAS HWY. 143. ON SW SIDE OF PEAK, TAKE ROAD NNE FOR 1.7 MI TO RAVINE ON N. SIDE, UP FROM SPILLWAY OF DAM. SAMPLE 59 WAS PROBABLY TAKEN IN RAVINE, ABOUT 400 FT N. OF ROAD. SAMPLE 10 OF SMITH (1974, P. 60, 64) WAS ALSO TAKEN HERE, PROBABLY ABOUT 20 FT BELOW TOP OF RAVINE. CORE HOLE A-8 WAS DRILLED NW OF ROAD, ABOUT 800 FT SW OF SAMPLE 59, AT EL. 1620 FT; TD, 79 FT; WITH MALACHITE IN SHALE AND DOLOMITE, FROM 54-55.7 FT DEEP (EL. 1566-1564 FT), ASSAYING AT 0.01-0.13% CU. DRILLED DEC. 1968. QUOTED BY GALLOWAY (1970, P. 34) AND SMITH (1974, P. 65). SAMPLE 59 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SAMPLE RAF-24) ASSAYED AT 0.33% CU FROM 10-IN. SHALE WITH MALACHITE (STROUD AND OTHERS, 1970, P. 39). QUOTED BY SMITH (1974, P. 64). MEASURED SECTION 21, ON S. BANK OF LITTLE CROTON CREEK (OR MUSTANG CREEK), WAS BY SMITH (1974, P. 68, PL. III), CONSISTING OF 37 FEET OF FLOWERPOT SHALE AND POSSIBLE LOWER BLAINE, WITH MALACHITE IN A 1-FT BED OF SHALE AND DOLOMITE, ABOUT 1.3 MI WNW OF SAMPLE 59. SAMPLE 10 OF SMITH (1974, P. 60, 64) WAS 7.5 IN. OF SHALE ASSAYING 3.3-3.8% CU IN UPPER FLOWERPOT, SAME AS SAMPLE 59. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
King(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buzzard Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dickens(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | King |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | NE OF SE OF SW OF NE | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Shale | Gangue |
| Result | 0.33% CU (SAMPLE 59) |
|---|---|
| Result | 3.3-3.8% CU (SAMPLE 10) |
| Result | 0.01-0.13% CU AT 54-55.7 FT IN CORE A-8. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Flowerpot Shale | ||||||||
| Rock description | Flowerpot Shale | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Flowerpot Shale (Upper) |
| Rock description | Flowerpot Shale (Upper) |
| (1) | Blaine Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle W. Dip About 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 30 FT/MI W. OR LESS |
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1891 |
| Discoverer | Cummins, W.E. First Mentioned This |
| District name | Buzzard Peak |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | 6666 Ranch |
| Home office | Mr. Jay Humphrey, Trustee, Of S.B. And Tom Burnett Estate, 1212 First National Bank, Ft. Worth |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROP |
| Area | 2.024HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01926 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-KIN-16 |
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. 39, 57-58).
SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 60, 64-65, 68, PL. III).
CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 451, PL. 18).
CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 235).
HUBBARD, W.E., AND FISCHER, R.W., COMPILERS, 1930, GEOLOGIC MAP OF KING COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.
BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - LUBBOCK SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.
ROTH, ROBERT, 1945, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 56, P. 893-907 (P. 904).
GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (P. 34)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 39, 57-58) IS MAIN REFERENCE. GALLOWAY (1970, P. 34) AND SMITH (1974, P. 60, 64, SAMPLE 10; P. 64, STROUD'S SAMPLE 59; AND P. 65, STROUD'S CORE A-8; AND P. 68, MEASURED SEC. 21, ABOUT 1 MI NW OF PREVIOUS LOCATIONS). CUMMINS (1891, P. 451, PL. 18) SHOWS THIS LOCATION ON A MAP. CUMMINS (1893, P. 235) ALSO MENTIONS THIS AREA. NOW ON 6666 RANCH. ROTH (1945, P. 904) NAMED CHALCOCITE DOLOMITE FOR 9 FT OF DOLOMITE, SHALE, AND GYPSUM AT THE SAME PLACE AS STROUD'S SAMPLE 59. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1993 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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