Mine detail: Waurika West-2

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Location

Lat / long:

34.15984, -98.0245

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Sandstone
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1932

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence
Production years:	EARLY 193 *

Geology

Host rock:	Ryan Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
Associated type:	Shale
Structure:	Low Monoclinal Dip About 10 Ft/Mi Ne, Off Of Waurika-Muenster Arch
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01765
DEP	10021971
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.