Mine detail: Waurika West-3

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.15956, -98.09227

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Manganese
Orebody form:	NODULES
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDS	DE01766
DEP	10021972
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:: DOTT, R.S., MERRITT, C.A., AND HAM, W.E., 1940, JEFFERSON CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 354, OGS FILE}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.