| Deposit ID | 10022137 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01968 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Turnerdale-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -100.56456, 31.54462 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 582 |
| Relative position | THE AREA IS PROBABLY NOW UNDERWATER. GO 5.2 MI NW OF INTERSECTION OF U.S. HWY. 87 AND TEXAS HWY. 387 AT THE O.C. FISHER DAM, ON U.S. HWY. 87, TO INTERSECTION NE OF OLD TURNERDALE SIDING OF THE GULF, COLORADO, AND SANTA FE RAILROAD. TURN SW 0.75 MI TO NORTH SHORE DRIVE. TURN NW 0.1 MI ON N. SHORE DRIVE. TURN SW ON OLD ROAD, 0.75 MI, TO CONCHO RIVER. NEAR HERE OR HERE WAS PROBABLY THE OLD QUARRY SITE AND OUTCROP. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tom Green(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Nebo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Robert Lee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
San Angelo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
North Concho(hydrologic unit)
Middle Colorado-Concho(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Tom Green |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Flowerpot Shale | ||||||||
| Rock description | Flowerpot Shale | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Flowerpot Shale |
| Rock description | Flowerpot Shale |
| (1) | Blaine Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Dip To Wnw Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | TABULAR DOLOMITE |
| Strike | NNE |
| Dip | WNW 30 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1917 |
| Discoverer | Udden, J.A., Baker, C.L., And Bose, Emil |
| District name | San Angelo |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | OUTCROP |
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01968 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-TOM-01 |
CUMMINS, W.F., 1892, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 3RD ANNUAL REPORT, P. 129-223 (P. 137).
UDDEN, J.A., BAKER, C.L., AND BOSE, EMIL, 1916, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1644, 164 P. (P. 121).
HENDERSON, G.G., 1928, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 2807, 116 P. (P. 10, 23, 65, PL. IV, FIG. 1).
EIFLER, G.K., JR., COMPILER, 1974B, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - SAN ANGELO SHEET, 5 P. SCALE 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | I COULD NOT FIND THE ORIGINAL REFERENCE TO THE COPPER DISCOVERY. |
| Deposit | UDDEN, BAKER, AND BOSE (1916, P. 121) IS REFERENCE. CUMMINS (1892, P. 137) AND HENDERSON (1928, P. 10, 23, 65, PL. IV, FIG. 1) DESCRIBE A 1-FT DOLOMITE ON A SANDSTONE ON THE N. CONCHO RIVER, 1 MI SW OF TURNERDALE SIDING, WHERE A SMALL QUARRY WAS OPENED FOR CRUSHING DOLOMITE FOR ROAD METAL. CUMMINS AND HENDERSON BOTH DID NOT MENTION THE COPPER. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1993 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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