Texas · Stonewall County
Past Producer

Farris Prospect

Stonewall County, Texas, United States
Copper
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Description

Roessler, A.R.

Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlReducing Environment, Sabkha, Stratigraphic
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueShale
Geology
Host rockShale · Flowerpot Shale
Associated rockEvaporite · Kiser Gypsum
StructureGentle Dip To W. About 15 Ft/Mi Off Bend Arch
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1920'S TO 1970
First production1931
Last production1970
Discovery year1876
Identification
Deposit ID10022121
MRDS IDDE01949
Alternate namesAard Copper, Inc.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.26207, -100.0676
References
ROESSLER, A.R., 1876A, ALBERT HANFORD'S TEXAS STATE REGISTER FOR 1876, 146 P. (P. 86-90, MAP).ROESSLER, A.R., 1876B, MAP OF HASKELL COUNTY, TEXAS (1 IN. = 2 MI) (SHOWS FARRIS PROSPECT AND LAND GRID).PATTON, L.T., 1930, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 3027, 77 P. (P. 75).STORM, L.W., COMPILER, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF STONEWALL CO., TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, LUBBOCK SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 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, 62, 64, 68, PL. IVD).ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: ELW. WELLKE AND BRO., N.Y. (1" = 40 MI).GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (FIG. 1, P. 113, STONEWALL CO. HIGHWAY MAP).WHITMIRE, J.R., 1936, THE HISTORY OF STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 156 P. (P. 34-36).