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Morris County Line Deposits

Occurrence 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 10063168
MRDS ID TC36809
Record type Site
Current site name Morris County Line Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.6655, 32.93322 (WGS84)
Elevation 143
Relative position 5 MI SW OF HUGHES SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Star(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marshall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tyler(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
United States Texas Cass
United States Texas Marion

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY AVERAGES 20% ORE BY VOLUME YIELD FROM ORE-BEARING MATERIAL.

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) -94.6655, 32.93322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 16.76M
    Length 10621.38M
    Width 4988.83M
    Depth to top 0M

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. 128-130

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEDGES OF CELLULAR AND MASSIVE OXIDE AND CARBONATE ORE 6 IN TO 1 FT THICK IN ZONES AVERAGING 17-20 FT THICK COVERING AN AREA OF 2500 AC.

Reporter information

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

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