Mine detail: Ellis West

Previously called 'Jack Ellis'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.39121, -96.64835

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Sandstone
Orebody form:	CHANNEL
Discovery year:	1933

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1933
First production started:	1933
Last production ended:	1933

Geology

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

References

MRDS	DE01863
DEP	10022050
Reference	JACK ELLIS, OF CENTERVIEW, 2.5 MI N. OF BRIDGE OVER CANADIAN RIVER, ALONG STATE HWY. 99, LIVED IN SECTION 35 IN THE 193 * AND OPERATED A SMALL FILLING STATION ON ROAD TO KEOKUK FALLS, A MILE TO THE NE
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.