| Deposit ID | 10096163 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001337 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yegua Creek Placer District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -96.63499, 30.3155 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 18 MI NE OF GIDDINGS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Burleson(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Flag Pond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Brenham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Austin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Yegua(hydrologic unit)
Lower Brazos(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Brazos(hydrologic subregion)
Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | Lee |
| United States | Texas | Burleson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Tertiary |
| Zirconium Critical | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Zircon | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Corundum | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Kyanite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Spinel | Gangue |
| Staurolite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Model code | 121 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39c |
| Deposit model name | Shoreline placer Ti |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Wellborn Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Wellborn Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -96.63499, 30.3155 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1954 |
| District name | Yegua Creek |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Trans-Texas Exploration Co. |
| First year | 1954 |
| Last year | 1955 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001337 |
HAHN, A., ET AL, 1961, TITANIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS IN SOUTH TEXAS: US BUREAU OF MINES RI 5712, 84 P.
DRILLING AND SAMPLING BY US BUREAU OF MINES 1958.
FIELD WORK AND LAB ANALYSES 1956-1960 BY C.A. SHELBY, P.T. FLAWN, AND J.M. PEGG, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY.
HAHN ET AL (1961)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIN SHEETS AND WEDGES OF HEAVY MINERALS ALONG CROSS-BEDS AND IN LOCAL PATCHES AND STREAKS IN LOWER WELLBORN FORMATION ARKOSIC SANDSTONE. VERY IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION OF DEPOSITS. THERE ARE 4 KNOWN DEPOSITS, EACH DESCRIBED IN SEPARATE RECORDS: FALKENBERG-BLACKBURN, COLVIN, CARTER-BRANCH, WEILER-WHITENER. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1973 | Force, Eric R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1993 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.