| Deposit ID | 10022136 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01967 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | East Kings Creek-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -99.97427, 33.03153 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 372 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | GO 4.8 MI E. OF U.S. HIGHWAY 183 AT WOODSON ON TEXAS HWY. 209. GO N. 1.1 MI ON ROAD. GO 0.3 MI W. AND N. TO TIP OF HILL. PROBABLY SOMEPLACE NEAR BASE OF HILL IS 1 FT COPPER-SHALE. NO EXACT LOCALITY IS GIVEN. THERE ARE SIMILAR HILLS ABOUT 1.1 MI E. AND 1.2 MI SSW. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 16) MENTIONED THAT COPPER HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE CLEAR FORK GROUP OF THROCKMORTON COUNTY, BUT THEY DID NOT LOCATE ANY SPECIFIC SITE. THIS IS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER STRATIGRAPHICALLY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Haskell(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sagerton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Haskell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Paint(hydrologic unit)
Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Throckmorton |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2220 | SE OF NE | 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 | Moran Formation (Lower) = Sandstone 2 Of Hentz And Brown (1987) | ||||||
| Rock description | Moran Formation (Lower) = Sandstone 2 Of Hentz And Brown (1987) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Moran Formation (Basal) = Camp Colorado Limestone Of Hentz And Brown (1987) |
| Rock description | Moran Formation (Basal) = Camp Colorado Limestone Of Hentz And Brown (1987) |
| (1) | -99.97427, 33.03153 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less Wnw Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR TO TABULAR |
| Strike | NNE |
| Dip | 30 FT/MI OR LESS TO WNW |
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1874 |
| Discoverer | Buckley, S.B. |
| District name | Matthews Hill |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROPS |
| Area | 259.008HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01967 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-THR-01 |
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. 16).
BUCKLEY, S.B., 1874, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SURVEY, 1ST ANNUAL REPORT, 142 P. (HOUSTON) (P. 10, 39, 42).
LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, AREAL MAP OF THE E. PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.
HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., COMPILERS, 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 21 P., SCALE 1:250,000.
STAFFORD, P.T., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1081-G, P. 261-280.
HORNBERGER, JOSEPH, JR., 1932, THE GEOLOGY OF THROCKMORTON COUNTY, TEXAS: AUSTIN, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, M.A. THESIS, 256 P. 7 PLS. (MAP; TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000, WITH LAND BASE)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CLAY WITH COPPER, CROPPING OUT NEAR BASE OF HILLS, NEAR THE OLD GRAHAM-FT. GRIFFIN ROAD, 2 MI E. OF INTERSECTION WITH FT. BELKNAP ROAD. POSSIBLY THIS IS IN THE CAMP COLORADO LIMESTONE ALSO. |
| Deposit | THIS COULD EXTEND OVER SEVERAL SQUARE MILES. POSSIBLY, THE CAMP COLORADO LIMESTONE CONTAINS THE COPPER, GRADATIONAL INTO SHALE. |
| Deposit | BUCKLEY (1874, P. 39, 42) IS REFERENCE. A 1-FT BED OF COPPER STRATA WAS LOCATED 2 MI E. OF JUNCTION OF FT. B ELKNAP ROAD AND GRAHAM-FT. GRIFFIN ROAD, ON THE GRAHAM ROAD, AT THE BASE OF A HILL, IN THROCKMORTON COUNTY. "IN SEVERAL PLACES, WE SAW OUTCROPPINGS OF COPPER IN THE CLAYS AT AND NEAR THE BASE OF THE HILLS." FOSSILS WERE FOUND IN STRATA ABOVE AND BELOW. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-93 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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