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Farris Prospect

Past Producer in Stonewall 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022121
MRDS ID DE01949
Record type Site
Current site name Farris Prospect
Alternate or previous names Aard Copper, Inc.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.0676, 33.26207 (WGS84)
Elevation 469
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 5 MI N. OF THE SE OUTSKIRTS OF ASPERMONT ON TEXAS HWY. 1263 FROM U.S. HWY. 380. TURN E. 1 MI. GO N. ABOUT 0.5 MI. TURN E. ABOUT 3.5 MI TO BRIDGE OVER SALT FORK OF BRAZOS RIVER. GO N. 1 MI. TURN E. 3.7 MI TO EDGE OF BLAINE ESCARPMENT AND SAMPLE 16 LOCATION OF SMITH (1974, PL. V). FOLLOW JOGGING MAIN ROAD TOWARD NE FOR 1.3 MI WHERE ROAD IS CLOSE TO BLAINE ESCARPMENT, NEAR PROMINENT POINT ABOUT 0.9 MI SSE OF DAVIDSON PEAK. THE FARRIS PROSPECT IS IN THE UPPER FLOWERPOT SHALE ON THE E. SIDE OF THE ROAD, AS SHOWN BY GALLOWAY (1970, FIG. 1, MEAS. SEC. 0) AND GALLOWAY'S STONEWALL CO. HIGHWAY MAP. PATTON (1930, P. 75) FIRST MENTIONED THIS PROSPECT. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37) FIRST MENTIONED THAT THE AARD COPPER CO., INC., MINED ABOUT 65 TONS OF ORE FROM 1965 TO 1970, AND THAT SEVERAL ADITS AND OPEN CUTS WERE MADE. SMITH (1974, P. 49, 62, 64, 68, PL. IVD) HAD MORE PRECISE GEOLOGY AND LOCATION, ALONG WITH TWO MEASURED SECTIONS WITH COPPER IN UPPER FLOWERPOT: SEC. 2, ABOUT 0.8 MI SW OF MINE IN BLUFF, AND SEC. 6, ABOUT 1 MI NE OF MINE IN BLUFF, EACH WITH COPPER IN THE SAME POSITION AS THAT AT MINE. MEAS. SEC. #2 IS IN NW-NE SEC. 3, ADAMS, BEATY, AND MOULTON, BLOCK C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stonewall(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kiowa Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aspermont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lubbock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt Fork Brazos(hydrologic unit)

Brazos Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Brazos Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Stonewall

Comments on the location information

  • F. DAVIDSON SURVEY. 3.3 MI W. OF CONFLUENCE OF SALT FORK AND DOUBLE MOUNTAIN FORK RIVERS; AND 0.9 MI SSE OF DAVIDSON PEAK AND 0.35 MI NW OF SALT FORK OF BRAZOS RIVER ON E. SIDE OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.10% CU IN MEASURED SEC. #2 ABOUT 0.9 MI SW OF MINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Kiser Gypsum
    Rock description Kiser Gypsum
    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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blaine Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip To W. About 15 Ft/Mi Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 15 FT/MI W.
    Thickness 0.43M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Sabkha, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COPPER OCCURS IN A GREENISH-GRAY SHALE NEAR TOP OF THE FLOWERPOT SHALE AND PROBABLY BELOW THE KISER GYPSUM. THE SHALE IS ABOUT 6-17 INCHES THICK. STORM (1929), PATTON (1930), SMITH (1974, PL. IVD), AND BARNES (1967) GIVE GEOLOGY. GALLOWAY (1970, MEAS. SEC. 0) MEASURED 103 FT OF FLOWERPOT-SAN ANGELO WITHIN 1 MI NE OF THE PROSPECT DOWN TO SALT FORK.; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1876
Discoverer Roessler, A.R.
Year of first production 1931
Year of last production 1970
Production years 1920'S TO 1970

Mining district

District name Davidson Peak

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Aard Copper Co., Inc.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UPPER FLOWERPOT COPPER SCATTERED OVER SEVERAL SQUARE MILES, BUT NO ACCURATE RESERVE FIGURES CAN BE GIVEN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Name of workings AARD COPPER CO. (FARMS PROSPECT) ADITS AND OPEN CUTS
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37) GIVES MOST INFORMATION.

Comments on development

  • 65 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED FROM 1965 TO 1970. WHITMIRE (1936, P. 34-36) MENTIONS THAT VOGLE AND DALMAN BEGAN PROSPECTING HERE IN 1886. IN 1892 AN EASTLAND CITY FIRM SHIPPED 10 WAGON LOADS OF ORE TO ABILENE TO EL PASO, TEXAS. THE SILVER PASS MINING CO. OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ALSO WAS HERE IN 1892. IN 1917 ANOTHER COMPANY WAS FORMED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1876A, ALBERT HANFORD'S TEXAS STATE REGISTER FOR 1876, 146 P. (P. 86-90, MAP).

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1876B, MAP OF HASKELL COUNTY, TEXAS (1 IN. = 2 MI) (SHOWS FARRIS PROSPECT AND LAND GRID).

  • Deposit

    PATTON, L.T., 1930, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 3027, 77 P. (P. 75).

  • Deposit

    STORM, L.W., COMPILER, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF STONEWALL CO., TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, LUBBOCK SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 37).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 49, 62, 64, 68, PL. IVD).

  • Deposit

    ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: ELW. WELLKE AND BRO., N.Y. (1" = 40 MI).

  • Deposit

    GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (FIG. 1, P. 113, STONEWALL CO. HIGHWAY MAP).

  • Deposit

    WHITMIRE, J.R., 1936, THE HISTORY OF STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 156 P. (P. 34-36).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMITH (1974, P. 49, 62, PL. IVD), STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37), AND GALLOWAY (1970, COUNTY MAP) GIVE LOCATION ON F. DAVIDSON SURVEY, N. OF SALT FORK RIVER, ABOUT 3.5 MI W. OF CONFLUENCE OF DOUBLE MOUNTAIN FORK AND SALT FORK OF BRAZOS RIVER. ROESSLER (1876A,B) SHOWS COPPER PROSPECTS IN THIS AREA. WHITMIRE (1936, P. 34-36) DISCUSSES SOME HISTORY.

Reporter information

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

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