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Willow Creek-1

Occurrence in Runnels 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022117
MRDS ID DE01945
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.21899, 31.58351 (WGS84)
Elevation 542
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 3.4 MI SW OF MILES, CROSSING WILLOW CREEK, TO ROAD 0.2 MI SW OF WILLOW CREEK. TURN NW ABOUT 0.1 MI AND THEN WALK ABOUT 400 FT NE TO BLUFF ON WILLOW CREEK. POSSIBLY, THIS WOULD BE NEAR WHERE THE COPPER WAS FOUND. NO EXACT LOCALITY WAS GIVEN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Runnels(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miles(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robert Lee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Angelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Concho(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Concho(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Runnels

Comments on the location information

  • HENDERSON (1928, P. 46, UNITS 29-40) MEASURED 42 FT OF SECTION HERE, ASSIGNING IT TO THE LOWER CHOZA, ABOVE THE BULLWAGON DOLOMITE. THE ROCKS WERE SANDSTONE, SHALE, AND DOLOMITE. HE DID NOT MENTION COPPER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result 18% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Clear Fork Group, Choza Formation
    Rock description Clear Fork Group, Choza Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Clear Fork Group, Lower Choza Formation (Above Bullwagon Dolomite)
    Rock description Clear Fork Group, Lower Choza Formation (Above Bullwagon Dolomite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Clear Fork Group
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle W. Dip Of 50 Ft/Mi Or Less Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR

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 BEEDE AND WAITE (1918) AND EIFLER (1974B). BEEDE AND WAITE (1918, P. 59) SAID THAT COPPER HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE VALE SHALES AND IN BASAL COMANCHEAN (CRETACEOUS) ROCKS IN RUNNELS COUNTY. NO EXACT LOCALITIES ARE GIVEN. HENDERSON (1928, P. 46) MEASURED 42 FT OF SANDSTONE, DOLOMITE, AND SHALE HERE, ASSIGNING IT TO THE LOWER CHOZA, ABOVE THE BULLWAGON DOLOMITE.; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1972
Discoverer Royce Phillips Of Edith'S Store, Coke County

Mining district

District name Miles

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS COULD EXTEND OVER A WIDE AREA. MOST OF THE REGION IS COVERED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROP
    Area 0.405HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEEDE, J.W., AND WAITE, V.V., 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1816, 64 P. (P. 59).

  • Deposit

    EIFLER, G.K., JR., COMPILER, 1974B, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - SAN ANGELO SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 5 P., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, G.G., 1928, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 2807, 116 P. (P. 46).

  • Deposit

    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. 173)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HALE (1972, P. 173) IS REFERENCE. ROYCE PHILLIPS OF EDITH'S STORE, W. OF ROBERT LEE (COKE CO.), TOLD HALE THAT HE FOUND COPPER ORE ASSAYING AT 18% CU NEAR MILES IN SOUTHWESTERN RUNNELS COUNTY (NOV. 15, 1971). POSSIBLY, THERE MAY BE A STEEP CUT ON THE W. BANK OF WILLOW CREEK, ABOUT 600 FT NW OF U.S. HWY. 67, SW OF MILES.
Deposit OUTCROP, PROBABLY CHOZA FORMATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-93 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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