Description
Samuel Botsford Buckley
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueSandstone
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Petrolia Formation
Associated rockShale · Petrolia Formation
StructureGentle Dip To N. Of 10 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Electra Arch
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1861
Identification
Deposit ID10022067
MRDS IDDE01883
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.06734, -98.32951
References
HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (PETROLIA FORMATION).FURMAN, J.H., 1881, NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, TRANSACTIONS, V. 1, P. 15-20, MAP (P. 19).ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: NEW YORK, EDW. WELLKE AND BRO. (1 INCH = 40 MI).ROESSLER, A.R., 1876A, SOME ACCOUNT OF THE MINERAL WEALTH OF TEXAS, WITH NEW MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN ALBERT HANFORD'S TEXAS STATE REGISTER: 145 P. (P. 86-90, MAP, FOR ROESSLER).ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427: HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P., MAP.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, 21 P., SCALE 1:250,000.BUCKLEY, S.B., 1868, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF TEXAS: TEXAS ALMANAC FOR 1868, P. 79-82.BUCKLEY, S.B., 1874, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SURVEY, 1ST ANNUAL REPORT, 142 P. (HOUSTON), P. 10, 39-40.