Mine detail: Spring Mountain

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.56596, -98.64756

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Conglomerate
Discovery year: 1873

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Sandstone #8 Of Archer City Formation Of Bowie Group
Host type:Mudstone
Associated rock:Archer City Formation
Associated type:Shale,Sandstone
Structure:Slight Dip To Ne Off Of Bend Arch, Less Than 1 Degree
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01869
DEP10022055
Reference{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)}
ReporterFay, Robert O.