| Deposit ID | 10022140 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01971 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rough Creek-1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -98.91646, 33.9354 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 311 |
| Relative position | GO ABOUT 7.5 MI SSE OF ELECTRA ON TEXAS HWY. 25, FROM RAILROAD TRACKS. TURN SW 1.25 MI TO INTERSECTION. TURN S. ABOUT 0.1 MI. WALK ABOUT 200 FT TO SW TO STEEP ESCARPMENT. THIS IS PROBABLY THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF ROESSLER'S COPPER LOCALITY. IT WAS CLOSE TO THE AREA N. OF THE MOUTH OF LONG CREEK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Wichita(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Beaver Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Beaver(hydrologic unit)
Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)
Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Wichita |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | NE OF NE OF NE OF SW | Texas |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sandstone | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Waggoner Ranch Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Waggoner Ranch Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Waggoner Ranch Formation, 150 Ft Or So Above Beaverburk Limestone |
| Rock description | Waggoner Ranch Formation, 150 Ft Or So Above Beaverburk Limestone |
| (1) | -98.91646, 33.9354 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gentle Nnw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch |
| Name | UNNAMED |
|---|---|
| General form | LENTICULAR |
| Strike | ENE |
| Dip | NNW AT 30 FT/MI OR LESS |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1873 |
| Discoverer | Roessler, A.R. |
| District name | Electra |
|---|
| 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 | DE01971 | |
| Oklahoma Geological Survey | OGS | OGS | TX-WIC-03 |
FURMAN, J.H., 1881, NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, TRANSACTIONS, V. 1, P. 15-20, MAP (P. 19).
ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: NEW YORK, E. WELLKE AND BROTHER (1 IN. = 40 MI).
PLUMMER, F.B., FUQUA, H.B., AND OTHERS, COMPILERS, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.
ROEMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, NO. 427, 31 P., MAP.
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, SCALE 1:250,000.
HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (WAGGONER RANCH FORMATION).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OUTCROP IN BADLANDS COUNTRY. |
| Deposit | ROESSLER (1874, MAP) IS REFERENCE. THIS LOOKS LIKE BADLANDS COUNTRY, ON THE E. SIDE OF ROUGH CREEK. FURMAN (1881, P. 19) MENTIONS THAT THE COPPER BEDS EXTEND THROUGH THIS AREA. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1872 OR BEFORE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1993 | Fay, Robert O. | Oklahoma Geological Survey |
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