Mine detail: Edith

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Location: Coke County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.90489, -100.61178
dep_id: 10022069
mrds_id: DE01886
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
gangue: Sandstone
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: Whitehorse Group--Rush Springs Sandstone About 120 Ft Below Cloud Chief Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Whitehorse Group
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Gentle Dip To W. Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch.
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1972
discr: James A. Weaver
References:
  • 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)
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