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Gilbert Deposits

Past Producer in Marion 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. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063169
MRDS ID TC36810
Record type Site
Current site name Gilbert Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.63911, 32.84822 (WGS84)
Elevation 117
Relative position 6 MI SW OF AVINGER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ore City(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 Marion

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) -94.63911, 32.84822
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 3862.32M
    Width 2896.74M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1855
Production years 1855-1865, 1913

Mining district

District name North Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Gilbert

Production statistics

  • Year 1913
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^57% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 57wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • (1) SHIPPED TO PHILADELPHIA.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS ON 75-ACRE HILL UP TO 800 FT LONG. SOME 200 PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FIRST MINED AROUND 1855 TO SUPPLY THE NASH BLAST FURNACE NEAR THE MINE SITE. MINE AND FURNACE CLOSED WHEN SEIZED BY U.S. GOVERNMENT AT END OF CIVIL WAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B 902, P. 131-133

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    (1) USGS B 902, P. 131.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE 5 TO 6 FT THICK COVERS AN AREA OF 100 AC AND CONSISTS OF LEDGES OF OXIDE ORE UP TO 15 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.

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