Texas · Burnet County
Occurrence

Beaver Creek Prospect

Burnet County, Texas, United States
Lead
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Commodities
PrimaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model224: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlOverlap Of Lcamb Sediments On A Prec Hill (Paleohigh) Along Contact Between Limestone (Lower) And Sandstone (Upper).
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena
GangueCalcite, Dolomite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone · Wilburns Formation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10065136
MRDS IDTC40167
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.89214, -98.40061
References
BARNES, V.E., 1956, LEAD DEPOSITS IN THE UPPER CAMBRIAN OF CENTRAL TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; REPT. INVEST. 26, 68 P.PAIGE, S., 1912, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, LLANO-BURNET FOLIO, TEXAS: USGS FOLIO 183, 16 P.CIMRI