Mine detail: Washington Creek

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Location

Lat / long:

34.82567, -97.20448

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Sandstone
Orebody form:	CHANNEL
Discovery year:	1929

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ryan Ss. (Upper) In Wellington Formation, About 80 Ft Below Top
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Wellington Formation
Associated type:	Shale
Structure:	Monoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5 Degrees W.
Tectonic:	Interior Basin;Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01747
DEP	10021956
Reference	{Deposit:: SHEAD, A.C., 1929, OGS BULLETIN 14, 138 P. (P. 27, 84).}{Deposit:: HART, D.L., JR., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 3.}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.