Duncan Deposit

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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063154
MRDS ID TC36795
Record type Site
Current site name Duncan Deposit
Alternate or previous names Cyclone Hill
Related records 10251438

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.35216, 32.9196 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI SE OF LANIER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cass(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lanier(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marshall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tyler(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caddo Lake(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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.35216, 32.9196

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 2896.74M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Duncan, A. D.

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY RENCHES AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 902, P. 106-108

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONCRETIONS OF FE OXIDES WITHIN 2 TO 3 FT OF SURFACE EXCEPT ON CYCLONE HILL WHERE ORE ZONE IS 9 FT THICK. CONCRETIONS ARE 3-14 IN LONG AND 2-8 IN THICK. ABOUT 300 AC ORE EXPOSED AVERAGING 6 IN THICK.

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.