Mine detail: Buckhorn Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.76121, -98.53646

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Orebody form:	VEIN
Discovery year:	1903

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1904

Geology

Host rock:	Mount Scott Granite
Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Mount Sheridan Gabbro;Hennessey Group
Associated type:	Gabbro
Structure:	Wichita Mountains, Mount Scott Granite Intrusion In Mt. Sheridan Gabbro
Tectonic:	Aulacogen

References

MRDS	DE01712
DEP	10021922
Reference	{Deposit:: BAIN, H.F., 1904, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, P. 82-97 (P. 84)}{Deposit:: THORNTON, E.C., 1975, HOUSTON, TEX., RICE UNIVERSITY, M.A. THESIS, 65 P. (MAPPED MT. SHERIDAN AREA)}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.