Mine detail: Mangum Copper Prospects

Previously called 'Lobaris Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.7832, -99.51868

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Uranium, Zinc, Vanadium, Nickel, Cobalt, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue:	Shale
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1965

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary Cu, shale-hosted
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	none

Geology

Host rock:	Meadows Copper Shale Bed of the Flowerpot Shale
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Gentle Dip W. About 5-10 Ft/Mi
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin; Sabkha Environment

References

MRDS	DE01759
MAS	400550011
DEP	10021966
Reference	{Deposit:: Johnson, K.S., 1976, Permian copper shales of southwestern Oklahoma, in Johnson and Croy, eds., Stratiform copper deposits of the midcontinent region, A symposium: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 77, p. 3-14.}{Deposit:: Lockwood, R.P., 1976, Geochemistry and prtrology of some Oklahoma red-bed copper occurrences, in in Johnson and Croy, eds., Stratiform copper deposits of the midcontinent region, A symposium: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 77, p. 61-68.}{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:: HANSEN, R.F., JR., 1958, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 101 P.}{Deposit:: LOCKWOOD, R.P., 1972, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 125 P.}{Deposit:: P.N. Shockey, Renfro, A.R., and Peterson, R.J., 1974, Copper-silver solution fronts at Paoli, Oklahoma, Economic Geology, v. 69, n. 2, p.266-268.}
Reporter	Oklahoma Geological Survey, Wilson, Anna B., Fay, Robert O.