Mine detail: Eastman Prospect

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Location:	Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long:	34.09095, -98.50117
dep_id:	10021950
mrds_id:	DE01740
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Uranium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Torbernite, Uranophane
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. Member Of Garber Ss
hrock_type:	Sandstone
arock_unit:	Claypool Or Wellington Formation;Ryan Sandstone
arock_type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Gentle Dip N. To Nw About 75 Ft/Mi Off Electra Arch
tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Year first produced:	1954
yr_lst_prd:	1954
disc_yr:	1954
prod_yrs:	1954
discr:	Mr. Westbeard Of Randlett, Oklahoma
References:	Deposit:: MUNN, M.J., 1914, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 547, 83 P. (P. 19-21, 65, 67-68, PL. 5). Deposit:: CHASE, G.W., NOVEMBER 1954, OGS MINERAL REPORT 26, 8 P. (P. 1-4). Deposit:: BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 6-9). Deposit:: CURTIS, N.M., 1956, OGS, OKLAHOMA GEOLOGY NOTES, V. 16, NO. 10, P. 106-120 (P. 107-109, FIG. 4). Deposit:: TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GEOLOGIC MAP (GM)-25, 16 P. (P. 10, LOC. 76). Deposit:: BERONI, E.P., DECEMBER 1954, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, TEI REPORT 490, P. 213-218 (P. 213-215). Deposit:: CHASE, G.W., OCTOBER 1954, OGS, MINERAL SHEET 0961, COTTON CO., OKLAHOMA. 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:: HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6. Deposit:: BERONI, E.P., SEPTEMBER 1954, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT M-1591, 1 P.