Reed Prospect

Occurrence in Burnet county in Texas, United States with commodity Vermiculite
Sections on this page
  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 10065120
MRDS ID TC40146
Record type Site
Current site name Reed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.36283, 30.75854 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 8 MI W OF BURNET, 2.25 MI E OF COLORADO RIVER BRIDGE., Est, Within 15 Secs, Est, Within 15 Secs

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burnet(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Council Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(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 Burnet

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG TX HWY 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERMICULITE IS FINE GRAINED AND FRAGILE WHEN EXPANDED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore
Hornblende Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Valley Spring Gneiss
    Rock description Valley Spring Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.36283, 30.75854

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M
    Length 109.36M
    Width 22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.ENV: LLANO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. H. Reed

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE TEST PIT NE OF ROADCUT ON REED RANCH. TEST PITS SOUTH OF TX HIGHWAY 29 HAVE BEEN RECLAIMED BY 1958.

Comments on development

  • A WATER WELL DRILLED ABOUT A MILE SE OF MAIN ZONE IN 1951 BY S.H. REED CUT 30 TO 40 FT OF VERMICULITE WEATHERED FROM BIOTITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLABAUGH, S.E., AND BARNES, V.E., 1959, VERMICULITE IN CENTRAL TEXAS: TEX BUREAU ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPT. INVEST. 40, P. 11

  • Deposit

    COUNCIL CREEK

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HORNBLENDE VARIABLY WEATHERED TO VERMICULITE IN A NE-STRIKING ZONE. ADDITIONAL POCKETS AND STREAKS OF VERMICULITE UP TO 250 FT WEST OF MAIN ZONE. DEPTH OF WEATHERING IS 10-15 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-94 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.