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Davis Ranch Prospect

Occurrence in Gillespie county in Texas, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. 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 10065113
MRDS ID TC40135
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Ranch Prospect
Alternate or previous names Youngblood Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.612, 30.44743 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 9.6 MI BY ROAD NE OF WILLOW CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gillespie(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blowout(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pedernales River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buchanan-Lyndon B. Johnson Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Gillespie

Comments on the location information

  • ON DAVIS RANCH, WEST SIDE YOUNGBLOOD CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 68% OF VEIN IS BARITE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Packsaddle Schist;Big Branch Gneiss
    Rock description Packsaddle Schist;Big Branch Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.612, 30.44743
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Davis, Alfred

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT EXPOSES 15 FT OF BARITE DOWN TO WATER LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNIV. TEXAS PUB 4301 P. 108-109

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1939, ADDITIONAL NOTES ON BARITE: TX BEG MRC-11, 4 P.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1952, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLOWOUT QUADRANGLE, BLANCO, GILLESPIE, AND LLANO COUNTIES, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GQ 5.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPOSED DIMENSIONS

Reporter information

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

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