| Deposit ID | 10022113 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01939 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Croton Creek-1 |
| Alternate or previous names | Mustang Creek On Later Maps |
| Geographic coordinates: | -99.96788, 33.52707 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 457 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO 6.7 MI W. OF BENJAMIN ON U.S. HWY. 82 AND TEXAS HWY. 114. TURN S. 1 MI. TURN W. 1.1 MI. TURN SW 8 MI. TURN SE 0.75 MI. TURN SW 1.1 MI. WALK S. ABOUT 1000 FT TO LITTLE CROTON CREEK AT CONTACT OF LOWER SAN ANGELO WITH UNDERLYING CHOZA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Knox(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cedar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lake Kemp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wichita Falls(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 | Knox |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sandstone | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | San Angelo Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | San Angelo Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | San Angelo Sandstone |
| Rock description | San Angelo Sandstone |
| (1) | -99.96788, 33.52707 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip Of 40 Ft/Mi Or Less To Wnw |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | NNE |
| Dip | WNW 40 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1946 |
| Discoverer | Robert Roth |
| District name | Benjamin Sw |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01939 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-KNO-12 |
ROTH, ROBERT, 1945, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 56, P. 893-907 (P. 905).
SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (PL. III).
HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ROTH (1945, P. 905, BED #10) IS REFERENCE. THIS IS THE BASAL 16 FT OF THE SAN ANGELO FORMATION MEASURED ALONG LITTLE CROTON CREEK NEAR C. OF SEC. 101, BLK. 13, HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY. CHALCOCITE, MALACHITE, AND FOSSIL WOOD OCCUR IN SANDSTONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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