{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "entity_name": "Noranda Oil Company",
  "alternate_names": [
    "Noranda Oil Co."
  ],
  "counties": [
    "Madison",
    "Grimes"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "TX",
  "charter_reference": "TX Historical Oil & Gas Charter (1940s Brazos Valley)",
  "active_era": "1940s",
  "anchor_citation": "Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08)",
  "canonical_url": "https://noranda-oil-co.web.app/",
  "inquiry_desk_url": "https://noranda-oil-co.web.app/#inquiry",
  "primary_tracts_and_surveys": [
    "Madison & Grimes County Gas Corridor Tracts (116+ Recorded Royalty & Mineral Conveyances in Madison Vol. 76 and Grimes Vols. 176-180)"
  ],
  "reservation_clauses": [
    "Reserved oil, gas, and casinghead gas pipeline rights-of-way and fractional royalty/mineral estates between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth"
  ],
  "recorded_instruments_runsheet": [
    {
      "series": "Vesting Into Company",
      "category": "deed",
      "unit": "Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Noranda Oil Company",
      "citation": "Madison, Grimes County Deed Records (Prior to Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08))",
      "parties_and_tract": "Prior Survey Owners -> Noranda Oil Company (Madison & Grimes County Gas Corridor Tracts (116+ Recorded Royalty & Mineral Conveyances in Madison Vol. 76 and Grimes Vols. 176-180))",
      "notes": "Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Noranda Oil Company prior to subdivision and out-conveyance."
    },
    {
      "series": "Deed Records",
      "category": "mineral",
      "unit": "Madison County Assignment & Royalty Deed Series (116 Instruments)",
      "citation": "Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537, 1945-08-07) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Noranda Oil Company -> E. A. Showers & W. H. Skipwith (Madison County, TX)",
      "notes": "Verified in Enverus Abstract Plant Index (Record IDs 9862d6ea & b0cca044)."
    },
    {
      "series": "Deed Records",
      "category": "mineral",
      "unit": "Grimes County Royalty Deed Series",
      "citation": "Deed Records Vol. 176, Page 572 (1945-08-16) & Vol. 180, Page 3 (1945-09-10)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Noranda Oil Co. -> Ovila Sauve & Lucia Dupuis (Grimes County, TX)",
      "notes": "Verified in Enverus Abstract Plant Index (Record IDs 62f3dd10 & 7f506c2b)."
    }
  ]
}