Mine detail: Randlett Northwest-1

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Location

Lat / long: 34.22012, -98.48978

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Uranium
Ore: Chalcocite, Covellite, Malachite
Gangue: Sandstone
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1955

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Asphaltum Sandstone Member
Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:Garber Sandstone
Associated type:Mudstone
Structure:Gentle Ssw Dip Of About 10 Ft/Mi Into Randlett Syncline, Off Waurika-Muenster Arch
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Alteration processes:Malachite And Azurite Weathered From Chalcocite

References

MRDSDE01741
DEP10021951
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, 1968, RME-151 REPORT, 73 P.}{Deposit:: TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GEOLOGIC MAP 25, 16 P.}{Deposit:: HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6.}{Deposit:: MUNN, M.J., 1914, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 547, 83 P.}{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, AND OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, 156 P.}{Deposit:: HAINES, G.I., 1955, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT DEB-P-5-2426, 1 P}
ReporterFay, Robert O.