Mine detail: Cedartop Butte

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.11342, -99.37954

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Sandstone, Shale
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1852

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Flowerpot Shale
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Flowerpot Shale
Associated type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Buried Wichita Mountains, Gentle Dip Northward, Less Than 1 Degree, To Flat
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01813
DEP	10022013
Reference	{Deposit:: MARCY, R.B., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, 310 P. (P. 25).}{Deposit:: SHEPARD, C.V., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, P. 145-149 (P. 147).}{Deposit:: SHUMARD, G.G., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, P. 167-185 (P. 176-177, PL. 5).}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.L., AND HAM, W.E., 1957, OGS CIRCULAR 42, 64 P. (P. 7, 8, 15, 50, 54).}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.