Mine detail: Waurika West-2

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Location: Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.15984, -98.0245
dep_id: 10021971
mrds_id: DE01765
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
gangue: Sandstone
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
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Low Monoclinal Dip About 10 Ft/Mi Ne, Off Of Waurika-Muenster Arch
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
disc_yr: 1932
prod_yrs: EARLY 193*
References:
  • 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:: BUTCHER, W.W., JUNE 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, JEFFERSON CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 93, OGS FILE
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