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Kendall-1

Occurrence in Taylor county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
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  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 10094855
MRDS ID DE01964
Record type Site
Current site name Kendall-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.79343, 32.47654 (WGS84)
Elevation 521
Relative position 0.4 MI SW OF ELM CREEK BRIDGE ON U.S. INTERSTATE 20, ON N. SIDE OF ROAD (ABOUT 3 MI NW OF C. OF ABILENE), ON COUNTY ROAD FROM ELM CREEK INTERCHANGE, RUNNING PARALLEL WITH INTERSTATE 20. ABOUT 200 FT NW OF ROAD, IN RAVINE. THIS IS PROBABLY AN AREA WHERE THE ROCK MAY BE EXPOSED. THE EXACT LOCALITY WAS NOT GIVEN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taylor(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Abilene West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abilene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Abilene(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clear Fork Brazos(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Taylor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
28 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • SURVEY ALONG ELM CREEK, ELONGATED E-W SECTIONS. SECTION 28 IS ABOUT 1 MI E-W, BY 0.25 MI N-S, ON W. SIDE OF ELM CREEK. THE POSSIBLE SITE IS ON A RAVINE OF INDIAN CREEK. SEC. 28 IS ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN INDIAN CREEK AND LITTLE ELM CREEK, WHICH JOINS ELM CREEK IN THE SE CORNER OF SEC. 28. THIS WOULD BE IN THE VALE FORMATION, ABOVE THE STANDPIPE LIMESTONE AND BELOW THE BULLWAGON DOLOMITE, IN THE CLEAR FORK GROUP. THE OLD ANSON ROAD CROSSES INTERSTATE 20 ABOUT 2.8 MI NE OF THE SITE. ABOUT 4 MI NE OF THE SITE, E. OF THE OLD PRIDE REFINERY, ON THE SAYLES LEASE (SEC. 22, ON W. SIDE OF ELM CREEK), 2 MI N. OF ABILENE CITY LIMITS (1,000 FT S. OF LANIUS), TWO OLD SMELTERS WERE HERE WHEN THE FIRST SETTLERS CAME TO ABILENE. HALE (1972, P. 117, MAP, P. 215) QUOTED RAY (1931), SAYING THAT THESE WERE CALLED "THE OLD SPANISH SMELTERS," AND HALE ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN USED TO SMELT COPPER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Vale Formation
    Rock description Vale Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Vale Formation Of Clear Fork Group, Above The Standpipe Limestone And Below The Bullwagon Dolomite
    Rock description Vale Formation Of Clear Fork Group, Above The Standpipe Limestone And Below The Bullwagon Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.79343, 32.47654
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle W. Dip Of 60 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    Strike N-S
    Dip W. ABOUT 60 FT/MI OR LESS
    Depth to top 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY MEYERS AND MORLEY (1929), AND BROWN AND GOODSON (1972).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer Spanish? Udden, Baker, And Bose (1916, P. 121) Is Early Reference

Mining district

District name Abilene

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. H. Kendall Family

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS DEPOSIT COULD BE COVERED OVER A BROAD AREA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings UNNAMED
    Area 0.405HA
    Overall depth 2.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UDDEN, J.A., BAKER, C.L., AND BOSE, EMIL, 1916, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1644, 164 P. (P. 121).

  • Deposit

    RAY, C.N., 1931, RECENT ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCHES IN THE ABILENE SECTION: THE TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN, V. 3, SEPT. 1931, P. 76-89.

  • Deposit

    MEYERS, P.A., AND MORLEY, H.T., COMPILERS, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, L.F., JR., AND GOODSON, J.H., COMPILERS, 1972, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - ABILENE SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000, 15 P.

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH MINING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF WEST TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 117, 183, 215).

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1977, PROSPECTING AND MINING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 275).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS COULD BE WIDESPREAD BUT MOSTLY BURIED.
Deposit HALE (1972, P. 117, 183, 215) SAID THAT A COPPER MINE WAS OPERATED ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO ON THE E.H. KENDALL PLACE, WITHIN 3 MILES OF THE ABILENE CITY LIMITS AND WEST OF THE OLD ANSON ROAD, AND 4 MI SW OF TWO OLD SPANISH SMELTERS. HALE (1977, P. 275) QUOTED UDDEN, BAKER, AND BOSE (1916, P. 121) WHO SHOWED THE MINE NW OF ABILENE. THE KENDALLS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 1945, DUG DOWN THE OLD SHAFT 8 FT, AND FOUND THE COPPER ALONG WITH OLD TOOLS. THE EXACT LOCATION WAS NOT GIVEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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