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

MRDSDE01745
DEP10021954
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}
ReporterFay, Robert O.