Mine detail: Buzzard Peak Prospect

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Location:	King County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long:	33.49902, -100.01982
dep_id:	10022103
mrds_id:	DE01925
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite
gangue:	Shale
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
conc_proc:	Secondary Water
ore_ctrl:	Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter:	Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit:	Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
hrock_type:	Shale
arock_unit:	Flowerpot Shale
arock_type:	Evaporite
Structure:	Gentle W. Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch
tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Year first produced:	1882
yr_lst_prd:	1945
disc_yr:	1647
prod_yrs:	1882-1945
discr:	Possibly Spanish (1647). Mcclellan, George, Or Roessler, A.R.? Roessler (1874) Shows This On His Map.
References:	Deposit:: STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.K., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 37, 39, 56-57). Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 66, PL. IV). Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 451, PL. 18). Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 235). Deposit:: RICHARD, L.M., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 7, P. 634-650 (P. 645). BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - LUBBOCK SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000. Deposit:: HUBBARD, W.E., AND FISCHER, R.W., COMPILERS, 1930, GEOLOGIC MAP OF KING COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000. Deposit:: ROESSLER, A.R., 1874, A.R. ROESSLE* LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. (EDW. WELLKE, AND BRO., 141 FULTON ST., N.Y.) (1 IN. = 40 MI) Deposit:: GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (P. 33). Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH INING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF WEST TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 168-169).