Mine detail: Goldberg Prospect

Previously called 'Smelter Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.6018, -99.95538

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Covellite, Malachite
Orebody form: TABULAR, NODULAR
Discovery year: 1881

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1880-1945
First production started: 1880
Last production ended: 1945

Geology

Host rock:Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
Host type:Shale
Associated rock:Flowerpot Shale
Associated type:Evaporite
Structure:Gentle Dip Wnw Of About 30 Ft/Mi Or Less Off Bend Arch
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01931
DEP10022108
Reference{Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 451, 454).}{Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 235).}{Deposit:: LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, AREAL MAP SHOW ING OUTCROPS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.}{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).}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 49, 61-62, 70, PL. III).}{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:: RICHARD, L.M., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 7, P. 634-650 (P. 645).}{Deposit:: HENDERSON, C.W., 1912, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S. FOR 1911, PT. I, METALS: P. 739-740 (P. 739).}{Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1890, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1ST ANNUAL REPORT, P. 185-197 (P. 196).}{Deposit:: YANG, S.R.V., 1985, PETROLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL APPROACHES TO THE ORIGIN OF THE SAN ANGELO-FLOWERPOT RED BEDS (PERMIAN) AND THEIR ASSOCIATED STRATIFORM COPPER MINERALIZATIONS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA: DALLAS, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 319 P. (P. 9, 163, 165, 169)}
ReporterFay, Robert O.