North Buzzard Peak-1

Occurrence in King county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10022104
MRDS ID DE01926
Record type Site
Current site name North Buzzard Peak-1

Geographic coordinates

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.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
112 NE OF SE OF SW OF NE Texas

Comments on the location information

  • BLOCK 13, HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY (BLOCK AND SECTIONS ARE ORIENTED NW-SE; DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN AS IF THE SECTION WERE ORIENTED N-S). ELEVATION GIVEN ABOVE IS ON SAMPLE 59 OF STROUD (1970, P. 39) [USBM SAMPLE NO. RAF-24]. ELEVATION IS 1620 FT ON CORE HOLE A-8, ABOUT 800 FT SW OF SAMPLE 59 (STROUD, 1970, P. 57-58).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

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 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) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late 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) Blaine Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle W. Dip About 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 30 FT/MI W. OR LESS
    Thickness 0.3M

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 HUBBARD AND FISCHER (1930), BARNES (1967), AND SMITH (1974, PL. III). ROTH (1945, P. 904) MEASURED 9 FT OF DOLOMITE, GYPSUM, AND SHALE, BEDS 22-30, NAMING THEM THE CHALCOCITE DOLOMITE, BELOW HIS CHANEY GYPSUM.; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1891
Discoverer Cummins, W.E. First Mentioned This

Mining district

District name Buzzard Peak

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner 6666 Ranch
    Home office Mr. Jay Humphrey, Trustee, Of S.B. And Tom Burnett Estate, 1212 First National Bank, Ft. Worth

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAY BE SPORADIC.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROP
    Area 2.024HA

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP

Comments on development

  • CUMMINS (1891, PL. 18) SHOWS THIS LOCALITY AS A KNOWN COPPER PROSPECT. CUMMINS (1893, P. 235) MENTIONED THAT HE COLLECTED MALACHITE IN GYPSUM, 1.5 MI NE OF BUZZARD PEAK.

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. 39, 57-58).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 60, 64-65, 68, PL. III).

  • 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

    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

    ROTH, ROBERT, 1945, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 56, P. 893-907 (P. 904).

  • Deposit

    GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (P. 34)

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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