Mine detail: Randlett Northwest-1

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Location:	Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long:	34.22012, -98.48978
dep_id:	10021951
mrds_id:	DE01741
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Uranium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Chalcocite, Covellite, Malachite
gangue:	Sandstone
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR
work_type:	Surface
alteration:	Malachite And Azurite Weathered From Chalcocite
conc_proc:	Secondary Water
ore_ctrl:	Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter:	Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit:	Asphaltum Sandstone Member
hrock_type:	Sandstone
arock_unit:	Garber Sandstone
arock_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
disc_yr:	1955
discr:	H.M. Sutterfield, 2133 Ave. I, Wichita Falls, Tx, And O.S. Wilson, 309 Ave. D, Burkburnett, Tx
References:	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