Mine detail: Sites 55-56

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Location: King County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.41763, -100.00538
dep_id: 10022093
mrds_id: DE01914
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
gangue: Sandstone, Shale
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: San Angelo Formation, Lower Part
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: San Angelo Formation, Lower Part
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Gentle W. Dip 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1971
discr: Stroud And Others
References:
  • Deposit:: HUBBARD, W.E., AND FISCHER, R.W., COMPILERS, 1930, GEOLOGIC MAP OF KING CO., TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.
  • Deposit:: BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - LUBBOCK SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.
  • Deposit:: STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.A., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 39, 78).
  • Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (PL. IV, P. 59-60, 68-69).
  • Deposit:: GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (P. 51)
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