| Deposit ID | 10022116 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01944 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | White Hat Ranch-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -100.43817, 32.14516 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 692 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | EAGLE CREEK RUNS FROM W. TO E. ABOUT 2 MI N. OF THE WHITE HAT RANCH HEADQUARTERS, CROSSES THE BLACKWELL-MARYNEAL ROAD (1170) ABOUT 4 MI NW OF BLACKWELL, AND THEN RUNS SE, JOINING OAK CREEK ABOUT 0.1 MI NW OF BLACKWELL AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE FLOWERPOT SHALE AND THE BLAINE FORMATION. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nolan(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Maryneal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sweetwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Big Spring(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Nolan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Sandstone | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Whitehorse Group | ||||||||
| Rock description | Whitehorse Group | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Whitehorse Group-Marlow Formation |
| Rock description | Whitehorse Group-Marlow Formation |
| (1) | Antlers Sand |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi W. Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Dip | N-S |
| Plunge | W. 30 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1972 |
| Discoverer | Taylor, J.D. |
| District name | Eagle Creek |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | White Hat Ranch |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROP |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01944 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-NOL-01 |
EIFLER, G.K., JR., COMPILER, 1974, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - BIG SPRING SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000, 6 P
HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH MINING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF WEST TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 172)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | STRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION UNKNOWN. |
| Deposit | HALE (1972, P. 172) IS REFERENCE. MR. J.D. TAYLOR, JANUARY 3, 1972, SAID THAT A LEDGE OF BORNITE OCCURRED ON THE WHITE HAT RANCH, N. OF EAGLE CREEK AND S. OF SOME CARVINGS IN SANDSTONE OF A 2-FT CIRCLE WITH FOUR TURTLES, A 6-FT 4-POINTED STAR, AND A ROCK WITH THREE ARROWS CARVED IN IT. NO EXACT LOCATION WAS GIVEN. THE WHITE HAT RANCH HEADQUARTERS IS ON THE BLACKWELL SW SHEET ABOUT 7.5 MI W. AND 2.5 MI N. OF BLACKWELL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1993 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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