Mine detail: Taylor Prospect

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Location: Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.56368, -98.96843
dep_id: 10021953
mrds_id: DE01744
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Copper
gangue: Shale
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Stratabound, Reducing Environment
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: Salt Plains Formation
hrock_type: Shale
arock_unit: Salt Plains Formation
arock_type: Siltstone
Structure: Low Westward Dip, Less Than 30 Ft/Mi
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
disc_yr: 1921
discr: Mr. Taylor?
References:
  • Deposit:: BINGHAM, R.H., AND BERGMAN, D.L., 1980, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 7, ENID SHEET.
  • Deposit:: REITER, A.F., 1921, OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, PROCEEDINGS, V. 1, P. 67.
  • Deposit:: DOTT, ROBERT, AND MERRITT, C.A., JULY 19, 1940, OGS SHEET 358, GARFIELD CO., OKLAHOMA
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