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Atlanta Deposit

Past Producer in Cass county in Texas, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063147
MRDS ID TC36788
Record type Site
Current site name Atlanta Deposit
Alternate or previous names Henderson Hill, Berry Crawford
Related records 10251252

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.1941, 33.13765 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI NW 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)

Cross Bayou(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

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES BERRY CRAWFORD MINE AT EAST END OF DEPOSIT.

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Queen City Sand
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 1770.23M
    Width 804.65M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1890'S-1904, 1907-1910

Mining district

District name North Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner East Texas Iron Ore Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OR THREE SHALLOW TRENCHES OR OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT HAD NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY TESTED AS OF 1934. THE BERRY CRAWFORD MINE SUPPLIED A SMALL QUANTITY OF HIGH-GRADE ORE TO LONE STAR FURNACE AT JEFFERSON FROM 1890'S TO 1910.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 902, P. 86-87

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE-BEARING ZONE ABOUT 210 AC IN AREAL EXTENT.

Reporter information

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

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