Texas · Knox County
Past Producer

Goldberg Prospect

Knox County, Texas, United States
Copper
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Description

P. Goldberg

Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR, NODULAR
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic, Sabkha?
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Covellite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockShale · Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
Associated rockEvaporite · Flowerpot Shale
StructureGentle Dip Wnw Of About 30 Ft/Mi Or Less Off Bend Arch
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1880-1945
First production1880
Last production1945
Discovery year1881
Identification
Deposit ID10022108
MRDS IDDE01931
Alternate namesSmelter Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.6018, -99.95538
References
CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 451, 454).CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 235).LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, AREAL MAP SHOW ING OUTCROPS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.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).SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 49, 61-62, 70, PL. III).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.RICHARD, L.M., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 7, P. 634-650 (P. 645).HENDERSON, C.W., 1912, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S. FOR 1911, PT. I, METALS: P. 739-740 (P. 739).CUMMINS, W.F., 1890, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST ANNUAL REPORT, P. 185-197 (P. 196).YANG, S.R.V., 1985, PETROLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL APPROACHES TO THE ORIGIN OF THE SAN ANGELO-FLOWERPOT RED BEDS (PERMIAN) AND THEIR ASSOCIATED STRATIFORM COPPER MINERALIZATIONS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA: DALLAS, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 319 P. (P. 9, 163, 165, 169)