Mine detail: Medicine Mounds-E-1

Previously called 'Big MoundCedar MoundThird MoundAnd Little Mound Make Up Medicine MoundsMostly In Sec. 62.'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.19233, -99.62677

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Shale
Discovery year: 1848

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSDE01903
DEP10022084
Reference{Deposit:: FURMAN, J.H., 1881, TRANSACTIONS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, V. 1, OCT. 31, 1881, P. 15-20 (P. 19).}{Deposit:: LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF THE EAST PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.}{Deposit:: RISTER, C.C., 1941, LAND HUNGER: NORMAN, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, P. 140.}{Deposit:: STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIPBSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 38-39, 83-84).}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 63, 65, SITES I-23, I-42; MEAS. SEC. 21, P. 67).}{Deposit:: HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 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. 55, FIG. 4)}
ReporterFay, Robert O.