Mine detail: Billings Northwest-1

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Location: Grant County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.60479, -97.48449
dep_id: 10021964
mrds_id: DE01756
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Malachite
orebody_fm: CHANNEL
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: Garber Sandstone, Basal 5 Ft;Wellington Formation, Upper 10 Ft
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Garber Sandstone;Wellington Formation
arock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Monoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5 Degrees W.
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1940
prod_yrs: BEFORE 1940
References:
  • Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 15 P. (P. 8).
  • Deposit:: BINGHAM, R.H., AND BERGMAN, D.L., 1980, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 7.
  • Deposit:: BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 14).
  • Deposit:: FAY, R.O., MARCH 1973, (SAMPLES 48-WELLINGTON) (49-GARBER); ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER, OGS.
  • Deposit:: HUTCHESON, L.H., NOVEMBER 17, 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 173, GRANT CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.
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