Mine detail: Cottonwood Creek-1

Previously called 'Core E-4 of Stroud and Others 1970P. 87-88Quoted By Galloway 1970P. 58Fig. 4And Smith 1974P. 65Site I-26In Sw-Sw-Sec. 86Block HWaco and Northwestern Railroad Co. Survey.'

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Hardeman County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.18289, -99.66094
dep_id: 10022082
mrds_id: DE01901
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: 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: Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
arock_type: Evaporite
Structure: Gentle Nw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Matador Arch
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
disc_yr: 1968
discr: Stroud And Others
References:
  • Deposit:: LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF EAST 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. 38-39, 85-88).
  • Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 63, 65, SITES I-6, I-25, I-26, I-39, I-40.
  • 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. 57-58, FIG. 4)
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.