Mine detail: Stenholm Ranch-1

Previously called 'California Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.89986, -99.65204

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue: Shale
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Clear Fork Group, About 15 Ft Above Lytle Ls. (= Arroya Formation)
Host type:Shale
Associated rock:Clear Fork Group
Associated type:Sandstone
Structure:Gentle Dip Wnw, Less Than 1 Degree, Off Bend Arch
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01909
DEP10022089
Reference{Deposit:: RICHARD, L.M., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 7, P. 634-650 (P. 641).}{Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1890, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST ANNUAL REPORT, P. 185-197 (P. 196).}{Deposit:: 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. 16, 39).}{Deposit:: BROWN, L.F., JR., AND GOODSON, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1972, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, ABILENE SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000, 15 P.}{Deposit:: MEYERS, P.A., AND MORLEY, H.T., COMPILERS, 1929B, GEOLOGIC MAP OF JONES COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, JULY 1929, SCALE 1:48,000 (SHOWS LAND GRID).}{Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH MINING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF WEST TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 59).}{Deposit:: TAYLOR COUNTY NEWS, MAY 1, 1885, P. 4.}{Deposit:: ACKER, EVA, 1939, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF TEXAS: EAST TEXAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS (P. 47).}{Deposit:: SCHOCH, E.P., 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1814, 256 P. (P. 164, 251).}{Deposit:: BUCKLEY, S.B., 1874, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SURVEY, 1ST ANNUAL REPORT, 142 P. (HOUSTON) (P. 42).}{Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH MINING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF WEST TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 59).}{Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1977, PROSPECTING AND MINING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 229, 271, 337).}
ReporterFay, Robert O.