Mine detail: Edith

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.90489, -100.61178

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Sandstone
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1972

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Whitehorse Group--Rush Springs Sandstone About 120 Ft Below Cloud Chief Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Whitehorse Group
Associated type:	Shale
Structure:	Gentle Dip To W. Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch.
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01886
DEP	10022069
Reference	{Deposit:: EIFLER, G.K., JR., 1974B, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, SAN ANGELO SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 5 P., SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: BEEDE, J.W., AND BENTLEY, W.P., 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1850, 82 P. (P. 34-35, 37-38, MAP).}{Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH MINING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF WEST TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 152)}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.