Mine detail: Maybell Canyon-1

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Location:	Hardeman County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long:	34.15928, -99.80482
dep_id:	10022078
mrds_id:	DE01896
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite
gangue:	Dolomite, Shale
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Surface
conc_proc:	Secondary Water
ore_ctrl:	Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic; Sabkha?
Reporter:	Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit:	Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
hrock_type:	Dolomite
arock_unit:	Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale
arock_type:	Evaporite
Structure:	Gentle Nw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Matador Arch
tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1977
discr:	Howard G. Schoenike And Raul A. Zeballos Of Schoenike, Wolfe, And Associates, Houston, Texas
References:	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:: LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF EAST SIDE OF PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000. Deposit:: STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 39). Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 63, MAP I-30). Deposit:: SCHOENIKE, H.G., AND ZEBALLOS, R.A., 1976, OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CIRCULAR 77, P. 99.