Mine detail: Copper Breaks-2

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Location: Hardeman County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.10789, -99.73177
dep_id: 10022077
mrds_id: DE01895
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sandstone
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: San Angelo Formation (Basal)
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: San Angelo Formation
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Gentle Nw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Matador Arch
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
disc_yr: 1974
discr: Smith, G.E.
References:
  • Deposit:: LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.
  • Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 67, 70, MAP I-18).
  • Deposit:: HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., COMPILERS, 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.
  • Deposit:: GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (P. 76, 87, 91-92; MEAS. SEC. 10)
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