Mine detail: Spring Mountain

Location:	Archer County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long:	33.56596, -98.64756
dep_id:	10022055
mrds_id:	DE01869
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Malachite
gangue:	Conglomerate
work_type:	Surface
conc_proc:	Secondary Water
ore_ctrl:	Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter:	Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit:	Sandstone #8 Of Archer City Formation Of Bowie Group
hrock_type:	Mudstone
arock_unit:	Archer City Formation
arock_type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	Slight Dip To Ne Off Of Bend Arch, Less Than 1 Degree
tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1873
discr:	A.R. Roessler
References:	Deposit:: ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: NEW YORK, ED WELLKE AND BRO. (1 INCH = 40 MI). Deposit:: ROESSLER, A.R., 1876A, AN ACCOUNT OF THE MINERAL WEALTH OF TEXAS, IN ALBERT HANFOR* TEXAS STATE REGISTER FOR 1876 (GALVESTON, 146 P.), P. 86-90, MAP. Deposit:: SCHMITZ, R.J., 1897, AIME TRANSACTIONS, V. 26, P. 97-108 (P. 107, FIG. 6). Deposit:: HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (P. 13-17, 52). Deposit:: HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000. Deposit:: NICKELL, C.O., 1932, AUSTIN, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, M.A. THESIS, 40 P. (MAP NO. 1)