| Lat / long: | 31.90489, -100.61178 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Malachite |
| Gangue: | Sandstone |
| Orebody form: | LENTICULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1972 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Stratabound |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| 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 |
| 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. |