Devils Creek-1

Occurrence in Hardeman county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091736
MRDS ID DE01897
Record type Site
Current site name Devils Creek-1
Alternate or previous names Sites 45, 46, 47 of Stroud and Others

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.74871, 34.15289 (WGS84)
Elevation 460
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO ABOUT 8.5 MI S. OF QUANAH ON TEXAS HWY. 6, FROM U.S. HWY 287. THE ROAD TURNS SE. PROCEED ABOUT 1 MI TO SITE 8 OF SMITH (1974, P. 60, 63, 70), AT APPROXIMATE ELEVATION OF 1,510 FT, WHERE A 2-INCH DOLOMITE HAS CHALCOCITE AND MALACHITE. FOR SITES 45-47, GO 8.5 MI S. OF QUANAH AND TAKE ROAD TO SW FOR 0.45 MI AND 0.9 MI, RESPECTIVELY, FOR SITES 46 AND 45. WALK W. ABOUT 1,500 FT TO E. BANK OF DEVILS CREEK. SITE 47 IS ABOUT 1,200 FT WSW OF SITE 45 ON A W. BRANCH OF DEVILS CREEK. THESE ARE ALL ON THE HOLCOMB RANCH (909 GREEN STREET, QUANAH, TX 79252). THE SAMPLES ARE ALL FROM THE U. FLOWERPOT, IN SHALE AND DOLOMITE, ASSAYING AT 0.04-0.33% CU, FROM BEDS 2 TO 8 INCHES THICK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardeman(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Mound(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pease(hydrologic unit)

Red-Pease(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hardeman

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Texas

Comments on the location information

  • BLOCK A-14, HOPKINS COUNTY SCHOOL LAND SURVEY (ON SITE 45) (IN S2, TRACT 12) (ON E. SIDE OF DEVILS CREEK). SITE 46 (N2, TRACT 12) IS 2,200 FT N. OF SITE 45 ON E. SIDE OF DEVILS CREEK. SITE 47 IS ABOUT 1,200 FT WSW OF SITE 45 ON A W. BRANCH OF DEVILS CREEK ON CENTER OF E. LINE OF TRACT 9. SITE 8 IS ABOUT 4,200 FT E. OF SITE 45, ON TEXAS HWY. 6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.33% CU IN 6-INCH SHALE (SAMPLE 45)
Result 0.04% CU IN 5-INCH SHALE (SAMPLE 46)
Result 0.13% CU IN 8-INCH SHALE (SAMPLE 47)
Result 0.06-0.2% CU IN 2-INCH DOLOMITE (SITE 8 OF SMITH, 1974, P. 63)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale (Upper)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.74871, 34.15289

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Nw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Matador Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW 30 FT OR LESS
    Thickness 0.2M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic; Sabkha?

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY LLOYD AND THOMPSON (1929), SMITH (1974, PL. I), AND HENTZ AND BROWN (1987).; HR.AGE.MV: GUADALUPIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1971
Discoverer Stroud And Others

Mining district

District name Pease River

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Holcomb Ranch
    Home office Claude G. Holcomb, 909 Green St., Quanah, Tx.79252 (1970)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE COPPER MAY OCCUR OVER A FEW SQUARE MILES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROPS
    Area 259.008HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF THE EAST PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 39).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 60, 63, 70, MAP I-8, 31-33).

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., COMPILERS, 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROPS
Deposit STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 39), SITES 45-47 (USBM SAMPLE NOS. RAF90-92), IS REFERENCE. SMITH (1974, P. 63, SITES I-31, 32, 33) ARE SAME. ALSO SMITH (1974, P. 60, 63, 70, SITE 8) ON HWY. 6 IS FOURTH SITE. ALL U. FLOWERPOT SHALE; IN NW PART OF HOPKINS COUNTY SCHOOL LAND SURVEY, BLOCK A-14.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-93 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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