Mine detail: Buzzard Peak Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.49902, -100.01982

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue: Shale
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1647

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1882-1945
First production started: 1882
Last production ended: 1945

Geology

Host rock:Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
Host type:Shale
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

MRDSDE01925
DEP10022103
Reference{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).}
ReporterFay, Robert O.