Mine detail: Benson Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.15568, -98.33256

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Atacamite, Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue: Sandstone
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1891

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence
Production years: AFTER 1940; BEFORE 1951

Geology

Host rock:Ryan Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
Associated type:Sandstone
Structure:The Beds Strike Wnw And Are Almost Flat Near The Axis Of The Randlett Basin.
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01733
DEP10021943
Reference{Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 451, MAP).}{Deposit:: MUNN, M.J., 1914, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 547, 83 P.}{Deposit:: WEGEMANN, C.H., 1915, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 602, 108 P. (P. 52-53, 65).}{Deposit:: FATH, A.E., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 2, P. 140-150 (P. 145-146).}{Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 17 P. (P. 9).}{Deposit:: BACHMAN, G.O., AND *ULLIVAN, R.B., 1954, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT F-1028, 1 P.}{Deposit:: BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 27, 22 P. (P. 7).}{Deposit:: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1968, REPORT RME-151, 73 P.}{Deposit:: TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GEOLOGIC MAP 25, 16 P. (P. 10, LOCS. 106, 113).}{Deposit:: DOTT, ROBERT, MERRITT, C.A., AND HAM, W.E., 1940, COTTON CO., SHEET 357, OGS FILE.}{Deposit:: HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6.}{Deposit:: SHEPARD, C.V., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, P. 145-149 (P. 145-146).}{Deposit:: SHUMARD, G.G., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, P. 167-185 (P. 173).}{Deposit:: SHELTON, J.W., AL-SHAIEB, ZUHAIR, OLMSTED, R.W., HANSON, R.E., MAY, R.T., AND OWENS, R.T., 1976, U.S. ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, CONTRACT AT (05-1)-1641, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, 156 P. (P. 151).}{Deposit:: MARCY, R.B., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, 310 P. (P. 9-10, 147, 173).}
ReporterFay, Robert O.