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.'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.18289, -99.66094

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Dolomite, Shale
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1968

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated rock:	Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
Associated type:	Evaporite
Structure:	Gentle Nw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Matador Arch
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01901
DEP	10022082
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.