Hickory Hill Occurrence

Occurrence in Cass county in Texas, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063145
MRDS ID TC36786
Record type Site
Current site name Hickory Hill Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.2141, 33.22098 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Relative position 7 MI NNW OF ATLANTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cass(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atlanta North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Texarkana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Texarkana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sulpher(hydrologic unit)

Big Cypress-Sulphur(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Sulphur(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Cass

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Weches Member, Mount Selman Formation
    Rock description Weches Mbr, Mount Selman Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.2141, 33.22098

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, WEDGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 902, P. 84

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO KNOBS WITH 30-40 AC OF 10 TO 15 IN THICK SLABS ORE. FLANKS OF HILLS CONSIST OF LARGE DEPOSITS OF SILICEOUS, FERRUGINOUS CONGLOMERATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.