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Judge Kerr's farm, Archer City, Archer County, Texas, USAi
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Archer CityCity
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 35' 21'' North , 98° 34' 53'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Archer City1,754 (2017)4.1km
Scotland478 (2017)12.9km
Windthorst390 (2017)13.5km
Lakeside City981 (2017)26.8km
Holliday1,706 (2017)27.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
41770
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:41770:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


2 1/2 miles SE of Archer city
Structure: Gentle Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less To Nnw, Off Bend Arch.

Tectonics: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

Deposit: This could occur over a wider area. Schmitz (1897, p. 106-107, fig. 5) said that this was 2.5 mi ESE of archer city on the road to windhorst. The closest place that fits his description, and section and map, is on the j. Scott survey, about 1400 ft N W of hwy. 25, about 2.5 mi ese of archer city. No legal description was given.

Development: Schmitz (1897, p. 106-107) said that most of the copper was picked up several years before 1897.

Geology: Geology by nickell (1932), romer (1974), hentz and brown (1987), and hentz (1988).

Rock formation(s): Archer City Formation Of Cisco Group
Archer City Formation Of Cisco Group


Ore(s): Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

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3 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O SideriteFeCO3
SSulfur
S ChalcociteCu2S
FeIron
Fe SideriteFeCO3
CuCopper
Cu ChalcociteCu2S
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2

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