Mine detail: Cottonwood Creek-3

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Location

Lat / long: 34.1315, -99.64566

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Sandstone, Shale
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1971

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:San Angelo Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:San Angelo Sandstone
Associated type:Conglomerate
Structure:Gentle Nw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Matador Arch
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01905
DEP10022085
Reference{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:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (PL. I).}{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:: 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).}
ReporterFay, Robert O.