Mine detail: Moravia West-1

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Location: Beckham County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.11953, -99.57649
dep_id: 10021913
mrds_id: DE01701
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
gangue: Shale
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: Flowerpot Shale, 111 Ft Below Top
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_unit: Flowerpot Shale
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Gentle Dip To Nne, Less Than 1 Degree
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
disc_yr: 1852
discr: Shumard, George G.
References:
  • Deposit:: SHUMARD, GEORGE G., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXEC. DOC., P. 167-185 (P. 177).
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, GEORGE L., AND HAM, WILLIAM E., 1957, OGS CIRCULAR 42, 64 P. (P. 49-50).
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