Mine detail: Temple East-1

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Location: Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.26679, -98.19866
dep_id: 10021940
mrds_id: DE01730
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Water (Also In Fossil Wood)
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_type: Mudstone
arock_unit: Garber Sandstone Or Addington Formation
arock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Low Monoclinal Dip To Ne, About 10 Ft/Mi Off Waurika-Muenster Arch
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Year first produced: 1936
yr_lst_prd: 1936
disc_yr: 1936
prod_yrs: 1936?
References:
  • Deposit:: HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6
  • Deposit:: TROUT, L.R., MARCH 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, COTTON CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 112; OGS FILE
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