Mine detail: Brazos-Wichita Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 33.43652, -100.02844

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Dolomite, Shale
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1918

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1917-1918
First production started: 1917
Last production ended: 1918

Geology

Host rock:Flowerpot Shale, Upper Part
Host type:Dolomite
Associated rock:Flowerpot Shale
Associated type:Evaporite
Structure:Gentle W. Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01918
DEP10022096
Reference{Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 66, PL. IV).}{Deposit:: HENDERSON, C.W., 1921A, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S. 1917, PT. I, METALS, P. 721-722 (P. 722).}{Deposit:: HENDERSON, C.W., 1921B, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S. 1918, PT. I, METALS, P. 327-328 (P. 328).}{Deposit:: HUBBARD, W.E., AND FISCHER, R.W., COMPILERS, 1930, GEOLOGIC MAP, 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. 37, 39, 64-66).}{Deposit:: GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (P. 38)}
ReporterFay, Robert O.