Mine detail: Matthews Prospect

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Location: Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.18318, -98.39756
dep_id: 10021942
mrds_id: DE01732
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Malachite
gangue: Sandstone
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: Asphaltum Ss
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Garber Ss. Or Addington Formation
arock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Low Monoclinal Dip Of About 10 Ft/Mi. Sw Off Of The Waurika-Muenster Arch
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Year first produced: 1930
yr_lst_prd: 1930
disc_yr: 1930
prod_yrs: 1930?
References:
  • Deposit:: MUNN, M.J., 1914, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 547, 83 P.
  • Deposit:: HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6.
  • Deposit:: BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 15).
  • Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., DOTT, ROBERT, HAM, W.E., AND RYAN, EBEN, 1940, COTTON CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 352, OGS FILE
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