| Deposit ID | 10022120 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01948 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Spitzer-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -100.06344, 33.13625 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 503 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | GO 0.35 MI NW OF OLD GLORY ON ROAD ALONG OLD RAILROAD GRADE. TURN N. 0.25 MI. WALK W. ABOUT 300 FT. ABOUT 22-INCH GRAY SHALE WITH MALACHITE IS EXPOSED BELOW GYPSIFEROUS NODULAR BED (? = KISER GYPSUM) IN UPPER FLOWERPOT SHALE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stonewall(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Old Glory(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Aspermont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lubbock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Double Mountain Fork Brazos(hydrologic unit)
Brazos Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Brazos Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Stonewall |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale | ||||||||
| Rock description | Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Flowerpot Shale |
| Rock description | Flowerpot Shale |
| (1) | Blaine Formation |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle W. Dip, About 15 Ft/Mi, Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 15 FT/MI W. |
| Thickness | 0.56M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1974 |
| Discoverer | Smith, G.E. |
| District name | Old Glory |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | G. F. Spitzer |
| Home office | Old Glory |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01948 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-STO-02 |
PATTON, L.T., 1930, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 3027, 77 P.
BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, LUBBOCK SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.
SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 26-27, 71, 80, PL. V).
STORM, L.W., COMPILER, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, APRIL 1929, SCALE 1:48,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONSIDERED BY SMITH (1974, P. 26-27) TO BE AN ALGAL-MAT DEPOSIT IN TIDAL TO SUPRATIDAL POSITION. |
| Deposit | TWO MORE SAMPLES WITH COPPER IN SAME POSITION WERE COLLECTED BY SMITH (1974, P. 71) FARTHER NORTH. SAMPLE #15 IS PYRITE AND GYPSUM, 3.7 MI TO NNW, NEAR C-NW-SW OF T. CONSTABLE SURVEY. SAMPLE #18 IS THIN DOLOMITE, 4.5 MI NNW, NEAR C-NE-SE-NW OF THE NW OF T. CONSTABLE SURVEY. NO. 15 IS 4 MI N. AND 1.4 MI W. OF OLD GLORY. NO. 18 IS 5 MI N. AND 1.1 MI W. OF OLD GLORY. |
| Deposit | SMITH (1974, P. 26-27, 71, 80, PL. V, SAMPLE #14) IS REFERENCE. STORM (1929) HAS LAND-GRID BASE MAP WITH GEOLOGY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1993 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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