Mine detail: R.B. French Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.19508, -96.95724

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue: Sandstone
Orebody form: CHANNEL
Discovery year: 1907

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1907

Geology

Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:Oscar Group
Associated type:Shale
Structure:Low Monoclinal Westward Dip About 0.5w.
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01856
DEP10022043
Reference{Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 15 P. (P. 7).}{Deposit:: BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 13-14).}{Deposit:: SHELTON, J.W., ROSS, J.S., GARDEN, A.J., AND FRANKS, J.L., 1985, 85 P. (P. 45, MAP).}{Deposit:: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1968, RME-151, 73 P.}{Deposit:: TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GM-25, 16 P. (MAP NO. 139).}{Deposit:: FAY, R.O., MAY 1972, COLLECTED CONCENTRATE FROM DUMP. ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER (MARCH 1976), OGS.}{Deposit:: HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 16, 18, 36-37, 39-40, 60-61, 66, 70).}{Production:: MY ESTIMATE}
ReporterFay, Robert O.