Mine detail: Miller Prospect

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Location: Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.13456, -98.082
dep_id: 10021969
mrds_id: DE01762
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
gangue: Sandstone, Shale
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Weathering (Oxidation); Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: Ryan Sandstone Of Wellington Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Low Monoclinal Dip About 10 Ft/Mi Northeastward Off Waurika-Muenster Arch
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Year first produced: 1934
yr_lst_prd: 1934
disc_yr: 1913
prod_yrs: 1934?
discr: Wegemann, Carroll H.
References:
  • Deposit:: BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 7).
  • Deposit:: BUNN, J.R., 1930, OGS BULLETIN 40-PP, 45 P.
  • Deposit:: HAVENS, JOHN, 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6.
  • Deposit:: WEGEMANN, C.H., 1915, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 602, 108 P. (P. 92, 95, 102).
  • Deposit:: CHASE, G.W., 1954, OGS MINERAL REPORT 26, 8 P. (P. 1).
  • Deposit:: BERGEN, LEONARD, FEBRUARY 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, JEFFERSON CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 7, OGS FILE
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