Mine detail: Billings Northwest-1

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Location

Lat / long:

36.60479, -97.48449

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Orebody form:	CHANNEL
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	BEFORE 1940

Geology

Host rock:	Garber Sandstone, Basal 5 Ft;Wellington Formation, Upper 10 Ft
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

MRDS	DE01756
DEP	10021964
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.