Mine detail: Great Salt Plains-1

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Location

Lat / long:

36.73563, -98.13228

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Discovery year:	1973

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Crisfield Ss Member
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Salt Plains Formation
Associated type:	Shale
Structure:	Gentle Sw Dip Less Than 30 Ft/Mi
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01702
DEP	10021914
Reference	{Deposit:: MORTON, ROBERT B., 1980, USGS AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 8}{Deposit:: FAY, ROBERT O., APRIL 1, 1973, STUDIED AREA AND TOOK PICTURES}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.