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Veals Switch Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063166
MRDS ID TC36807
Record type Site
Current site name Veals Switch Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.66689, 33.02098 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Daingerfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Texarkana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Texarkana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake O'the Pines(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • CONTIGUOUS WITH HOOTEN HILL DEPOSIT, CASS CO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Siderite 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) -94.66689, 33.02098
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 1287.44M
    Width 643.72M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS, PROSPECT PITS AND SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINED ABOUT 1902 TO SUPPLY BLAST FURNACE AT JEFFERSON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 902, P. 125-127

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEDGES OF OXIDE ORE 8 IN TO 4 FT 4 IN THICK. LEDGES OF CARBONATE ORE UP TO 15 IN THICK. ONE AREA OF 125 AC SHOULD YIELD 25% ORE BY VOLUME FROM 10-12 FT THICK ORE ZONE. ANOTHER 475 AC WOULD YIELD LESS THAN 1000 LT/AC.

Reporter information

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

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