Mine detail: Wiggley Hill

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Location

Lat / long:

34.80817, -97.24809

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue:	Sandstone, Shale
Orebody form:	CHANNEL
Discovery year:	1929

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Garber Sandstone, Basal 5 Ft;Wellington Formation, Upper 10 Ft Or More
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Garber Sandstone;Wellington Formation
Associated type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Monoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5 Degrees W.
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01745
DEP	10021954
Reference	{Deposit:: SHEAD, A.C., 1929, OGS BULLETIN 14, 138 P. (P. 27-28, 84).}{Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 15 P. (P. 4-5).}{Deposit:: LOBELL, JOSEPH, 1986, MINERALOGICAL RECORD, V. 17, P. 371-374.}{Deposit:: SHOCKEY, T.F., RENFRO, A.R., AND PETERSON, B.J., 1974, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 69, NO. 2, P. 266-268.}{Deposit:: HART, D.L., JR., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 3.}{Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., AND DOTT, ROBERT, JUNE 19, 1940, OGS SHEET 341, GARVIN CO., OKLAHOMA}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.