Mine detail: Reed Ranch-1

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Location: Greer County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.08592, -99.66649
dep_id: 10021960
mrds_id: DE01752
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
gangue: Shale
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: Meadows Copper Shale
hrock_type: Shale
arock_unit: Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale
arock_type: Evaporite
Structure: Beds Are Almost Flat In Plainview Syncline
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
disc_yr: 1970
discr: Stroud And Others (1970)
References:
  • Deposit:: STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 38)
  • Deposit:: MURPHEY, C.W., 1958, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 102 P. (MEAS. SEC. 2)
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