Mine detail: Reed Ranch-1

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Location

Lat / long:

35.08592, -99.66649

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Shale
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1970

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Meadows Copper Shale
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale
Associated type:	Evaporite
Structure:	Beds Are Almost Flat In Plainview Syncline
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01752
DEP	10021960
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.