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Rusk Deposits

Past Producer in Cherokee 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065109
MRDS ID TC40130
Record type Site
Current site name Rusk Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.15024, 31.79601 (WGS84)
Elevation 199

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rusk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palestine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Palestine(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Neches(hydrologic unit)

Neches(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neches(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Cherokee

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG FOR TOWN OF RUSK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sand 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 Member, Mount Selman Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.15024, 31.79601
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 12874.4M
    Width 16093M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quat

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1883-1909

Mining district

District name South Basin East Texas

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner State Of Texas . Texas Iron Assoc. .
    Home office Texas
    First year 1883
    Last year 1909

Comments on the production information

  • FE(1) PRODUCED FROM 18,903 LT ORE, 4525 T LIMESTONE, 1276 CORDS OF WOOD AND 1,207,761 BUSHELLS OF CHARCOAL.

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY OPEN PITS NW, NE, E, AND SE OF RUSK.

Comments on development

  • ECONOMIC COMMENTS: OLD ALCALDE ( SAM LANHAM) FURNACE BUILT 1883-1884 USING CONVICT LABOR TO TREAT ORES FROM AROUND RUSK. PRODUCING 8-10 TPD IRON 1884-1885 AND 25-30 TPD IRON 1886-1896, WAS REBUILT IN 1896 TO YIELD 7,000 TO 10,000 LT/Y PIG IRON AND OPERATED TO 1903. IN 1903-1904 A NEW 23,000 LT/Y FURNACE WAS BUILT, EXPANDING TO 36,000 TPY IN 1905. CLOSED 1909 AND LEASED 1913 TO TEXAS IRON ASSOC. BUT NO FURTHER PRODUCTION WAS MADE. THE TASSIE BELL FURNACE WAS BUILT AT NEW BIRMINGHAM 1889-90 PRODUCING 13,500 TO 15,000 LT PIG IRON A YEAR TO 1896. THE STAR AND CRESCENT FURNACE, BUILT 1890-91, PRODUCED 18,000 TO 25,000 LT FE IN 1891-92 AND 1907.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 902, P. 144-148

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USGS B 902, P. 11.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN UPPER LAYER OF LAMINATED OXIDE ORE 2 TO 8 IN THICK UNDERLAIN BY LEDGES OF OXIDE ORE. ORE OUTCROPS OVER AN AREA OF 7500 AC AND ORE WITH LESS THAN 10 FT OVERBURDEN COVERS 4250 AC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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