Mine detail: Whiskey Creek-1

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.15373, -98.19033

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue:	Sandstone
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1852

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ryan Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
Associated type:	Mudstone
Structure:	Almost Flat, On Waurika-Muenster Arch, Which Strikes Nw-Se
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01735
DEP	10021945
Reference	{Deposit:: MARCY, R.B., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, 310 P. (P. 8).}{Deposit:: SHEPARD, C.V., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, P. 145-149 (P. 146-147).}{Deposit:: SHUMARD, G.G., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, P. 167-185 (P. 172).}{Deposit:: WEGEMANN, C.H., 1915, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 602, 108 P. (P. 91, 102, MAP).}{Deposit:: HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6.}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.