Texas · Montague County
Occurrence

Blevins Ranch

Montague County, Texas, United States
Copper
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Description

Blair And Others (1973)

Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Materials
Ore mineralsTorbernite
GangueSandstone
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Nocona Formation; Ss-6
Associated rockShale · Nocona Formation
StructureGentle Sw Dip Off Muenster Arch
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1973
Identification
Deposit ID10094853
MRDS IDDE01940
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.81985, -97.93782
References
ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P.BLAIR, R.G., STEHLE, F.T., AND LEVICH, R.A., 1973, U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM TM-190, 16 P. (P. 11).BULLARD, F.M., AND CUYLER, R.H., 1930, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 3001, P. 57-76.BARNES, V.E., AND OTHERS, 1976, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, SHERMAN SHEET, 8 P. SCALE 1:250,000.HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (P. 16-19, 53).HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET, 21 P.