| Deposit ID | 10022130 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01960 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Marcy Camp 17 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -100.04927, 33.08958 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 503 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO 3 MI S. OF OLD GLORY ON TEXAS HWY. 1835 TO WHERE ROAD CROSSES CREEK. WALK DOWN CREEK TO SE ABOUT 1200 FT TO C. OF NE OF NE OF SEC. 8. SOME PLACE IN THIS REGION WAS PROBABLY CAMP 17 OF MARCY ON HIS 1854 EXPEDITION, WHERE THE PARTY MADE CAMP ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 2, 1854. WILLIAM B. PARKER RODE ON THE EXPEDITION AND MENTIONED THAT COPPER WAS FOUND AT THIS CAMP BETWEEN THE SALT FORK AND DOUBLE MOUNTAIN FORK, SUPPOSEDLY ABOUT 10 MI S. OF THE SALT FORK BUT PROBABLY CLOSER TO 8 MILES. PARKER SAID THAT "SPECIMENS OF COPPER WERE ALSO FOUND, AND FOSSIL SHELLS." ALSO, HE SAID THAT "THE SOIL WAS GRAVELLY." THIS IS PROBABLY COPPER IN THE FLOWERPOT SHALE. STORM (1929) MAPPED LOWER FLOWERPOT IN THESE SECTIONS, WITH SAN ANGELO TO SE TO DOUBLE MOUNTAIN FORK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stonewall(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Frog Mountain(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| } | } | 8}1 | NE OF NE (08); SE OF NW (01) | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Shale | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Flowerpot Shale | ||||||||
| Rock description | Flowerpot Shale | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Flowerpot Shale |
| Rock description | Flowerpot Shale |
| (1) | Blaine Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip Wnw 30 Ft/Mi Or Less Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | NNE |
| Dip | WNW 30 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1854 |
| Discoverer | Parker, William B. |
| District name | Old Glory |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROP |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01960 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-STO-14 |
MARCY, R.B., 1856, REPORT ... BRAZOS AND BIG WICHITA RIVERS ... 1854: SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT 60, 34TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, 48 P., MAP (P. 13, TOP, CAMP 17).
MARCY, R.B., 1866, THIRTY YEARS ARMY LIFE ON THE BORDER: NEW YORK, HARPER AND BROS., 442 P. (P. 196-198, CAMP 17).
WILLIAMS, J.W., AND LEE, ERNEST, 1947, MARCY'S EXPLORATION TO LOCATE THE TEXAS INDIAN RESERVATION IN 1854: WEST TEXAS HISTORICAL ASSOC., YEARBOOK, V. 23, P. 107-132 (ABILENE) (P. 124, BOTTOM OF PAGE).
NEIGHBORS, K.F., 1975, ROBERT SIMPSON NEIGHBORS AND THE TEXAS FRONTIER, 1836-1859: WACO, TEXIAN PRESS, 349 P. (P. 146).
STORM, L.W., COMPILER, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.
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. (PL. V).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OUTCROP |
| Deposit | PARKER (1856, P. 157) IS REFERENCE. MARCY (1856, P. 13, TOP OF PAGE; 1866, P. 196-198) GIVES MORE DETAILS. ALSO NEIGHBORS (1975, P. 146) QUOTES MARCY. ALSO WILLIAMS AND LEE (1947, P. 124, BOTTOM OF PAGE). PARKER IS THE ONLY ONE TO MENTION THE COPPER. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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