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Bedford Prospect

Occurrence in Llano county in Texas, United States with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065137
MRDS ID TC40168
Record type Site
Current site name Bedford Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.55589, 30.64993 (WGS84)
Elevation 373
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 1.7 MI S55W OF PACKSADDLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Llano(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cap Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Llano(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 Llano

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.55589, 30.64993
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Between Cherty Limestone West And Sandstone To East.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE PROSPECT

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, ONE SUNK PRIOR TO SETTLEMENT OF LLANO AREA BY ANGLOS. THE OTHER, SUNK 1909 TO 70 FT DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • SAID TO HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR GOLD AND SILVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1912, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, LLANO-BURNET FOLIO, TEXAS: USGS FOLIO 183, 16 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYRITE FILLING FRACTURES IN CRUSH ZONE ALONG FAULT.

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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