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Pyron Prospect

Past Producer in Knox 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 10098093
MRDS ID DE01934
Record type Site
Current site name Pyron Prospect
Alternate or previous names Craig Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.90594, 33.7354 (WGS84)
Elevation 494
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position GO 2.5 MI W. OF TEXAS HWY. 283 AT TRUSCOTT ON TEXAS HWY. 1756. TURN N. 0.4 MI, THEN W. 3.1 MI. TURN S. FOR 1.6 MI TO ALEXANDER RANCH HEADQUARTERS. ADITS SHOULD BE ABOUT 800 FT NW OF RANCH HOUSE, WEST OF ROAD. FORMERLY, THIS WAS THE CRAIG RANCH. RICHARD (1915, P. 645) SAID THAT THERE WAS 4 FT OF CLAY WITH COPPER MINERALS IN A SYNCLINE AND THE ROCK ASSAYED AT 4% CU. ALSO 2 MI W. THERE WAS FOSSIL WOOD WITH MALACHITE, AZURITE, AND CHALCOCITE NEAR BASE OF GYPSUM BLUFFS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Knox(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maverick Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Kemp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Wichita(hydrologic unit)

Red-Lake Texoma(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Washita(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Knox

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
26 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • BLOCK 4, DALLAS AND WICHITA RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY. SAMPLE 91 (USBM SAMPLE NO. RAF-34) WAS TAKEN FROM MILL TAILINGS. SAMPLE 90 (USBM SAMPLE NO. RAF-33) WAS TAKEN ABOUT 1600 FT SSW OF MINE. SAMPLE 92 (USBM SAMPLE NO. RAF-35) WAS TAKEN ABOUT 1600 FT SSE OF MINE. HENDERSON (1912, P. 739) WAS THE FIRST MENTION OF THIS MINE IN 1911 WITH CHALCOCITE IN BLUE CLAY. HENDERSON (1913, P. 880) MENTIONED THAT THE PROSPECT WAS BEING WORKED IN 1912. HENDERSON (1919, P. 212) SAID THAT SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1916 AND 1917. STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37) SAID THAT 4 ADITS WERE DUG AND THAT A MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED. SMITH (1974, P. 62) SAID THAT THERE WAS AN ADIT AT A STOCK TANK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 4% CU IN 4-FT SHALE (RICHARD, 1915, P. 645)
Result 0.25% CU FROM TAILINGS (SAMPLE 91 OF STROUD AND OTHERS, 1970, P. 41)
Result 0.01-2.45% CU FROM 6-INCH SHALE (SAMPLES 90 AND 92 OF STROUD AND OTHERS, 1970, P. 41)
Result 0.004% CU FROM 1-INCH SHALE (SMITH, 1974, P. 64). ALL UPPER FLOWERPOT.

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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
    Rock description Flowerpot Shale (Upper)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.90594, 33.7354
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Wnw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    Strike NNE
    Dip 30 FT/MI WNW OR LESS
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic, Sabkha?

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1891
Discoverer Cummins, W.F.
Year of first production 1911
Year of last production 1917
Production years 1911-1917

Mining district

District name Truscott

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alexander Ranch (Formerly Craig Ranch)
    Home office Sydney M. Alexander Truscott, Tx. 79260

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS COPPER-SHALE MAY OCCUR OVER A WIDE AREA BUT MAY BE SPORADIC.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings FOUR ADITS
    Area 64.752HA

Comments on development

  • FOUR ADITS AND A MILL WERE DEVELOPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FURMAN, JOHN H., 1881, TRANSACTIONS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, V. 1, OCT. 31, 1881, P. 15-20 (P. 18).

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, C.W., 1912, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1911, PT. I, METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 739-740 (P. 739).

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, C.W., 1913, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1912, PT. I, METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 876-881 (P. 779).

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, C.W., 1919, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1916, PT. I, METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 211-213 (P. 212).

  • Deposit

    RICHARD, L.M., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 7, P. 634-650 (P. 645).

  • Deposit

    LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COM PILERS, 1929, AREAL MAP SHOWING OUTCROPS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.A., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 37, 41).

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 62, 64).

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 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 THE COPPER APPEARS TO BE WIDESPREAD BUT MAY BE SPORADIC
Deposit STROUD AND OTHERS (1970, P. 37, 41) IS MAIN REFERENCE TO MINE AND SAMPLES 90-92 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SAMPLE NOS. RAF-33, 34, 35). SMITH (1974, P. 62, 64), HENDERSON (1912, P. 739; 1913, P. 880; 1919, P. 212), AND RICHARD (1915, P. 645) REFER TO 4 FT OF SHALE IN UPPER FLOWERPOT WITH COPPER 4% OR LESS. NOW ALEXANDER RANCH. A MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED AND 4 ADITS, NW OF RANCH HOUSE. CUMMINS (1891, PL. 18) SHOWS THIS PROSPECT. FURMAN (1881, P. 18) MENTIONS AREA.

Reporter information

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

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