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Beaver Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Burnet county in Texas, United States with commodity Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065136
MRDS ID TC40167
Record type Site
Current site name Beaver Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.40061, 30.89214 (WGS84)
Elevation 347
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.1 MI N85E OF TOW., Est, Within 10 Secs, Est, Within 10 Secs

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burnet(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tow(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

  • ON W SIDE BEAVER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Analytical data

Result HAND SAMPLES: 0.32-0.81% PB

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 224
USGS model code 32a
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wilburns Formation
    Rock description Wilburns Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.40061, 30.89214
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Overlap Of Lcamb Sediments On A Prec Hill (Paleohigh) Along Contact Between Limestone (Lower) And Sandstone (Upper).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Central Texas

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE PROSPECT

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS. PROSPECT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • ONE HOLE DRILLED BY EAGLE-PICHER IN 1925. NO MINERALIZATION REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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

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