Spring Mountain, Archer Co., Texas, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Spring Mountain | Mountain |
Archer Co. | County |
Texas | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 33' 57'' North , 98° 38' 51'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Archer City | 1,754 (2017) | 3.9km |
Scotland | 478 (2017) | 19.4km |
Windthorst | 390 (2017) | 19.6km |
Olney | 3,179 (2017) | 23.8km |
Holliday | 1,706 (2017) | 28.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
274023
Long-form identifier:
1:2:274023:5
GUID (UUID V4):
491f9c28-cee8-4d9a-8e66-512084926f22
2 miles SW of Arden.
Structure: Slight Dip To Ne Off Of Bend Arch, Less Than 1 Degree
Tectonics: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Commodity: The copper is scattered on other buttes in the area, in a sandstone capping the hills.
Deposit: Caps buttes in area. Outcrop schmitz (1897, p. 107, fig. 6) is original reference. Reference to archer city or archer was misprinted As arden in several places. Roessler (1874, 1876a) shows this locality. Discovery year: 1872 or before
Geology: GEOLOGY BY HENTZ (1988, P. 13-17, 52), HENTZ AND BROWN (1987), AND NICKELL (1932, MAP NO. 1).
Rock formation(s): Archer City Formation
Sandstone #8 Of Archer City Formation Of Bowie Group
Ore(s): Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
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ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
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ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Schmitz, E.J., (1897), Copper-ores in the Permian of Texas. AIME, Transactions, V. 26, P. 97-108.
Roessler, A.R., (1874), Latest Map of the State of Texas: New York, Ed Wellke and Bro. (1 Inch = 40 Mi).
Roessler, A.R., (1876)a, an Account of the Mineral Wealth of Texas, in Albert Hanford's Texas State Register for 1876 (galveston, 146 P.), P. 86-90, Map.
Schmitz, R.J., (1897), Aime Transactions, V. 26, P. 97-108 (p. 107, Fig. 6).
Hentz, T.F., (1988), Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Report of Investigations 170, 55 P. (p. 13-17, 52).
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.
Nickell, C.O., (1932), Austin, University of Texas, M.A. Thesis, 40 P. (map No. 1)
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10022055 |
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