Mine detail: Salt Creek-1

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.71873, -99.91344

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Dolomite, Shale
Discovery year: 1970

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDSDE01935
DEP10022110
Reference{Deposit:: LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, AREAL MAP SHOWING 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. 41).}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 64, 68, 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.}
ReporterFay, Robert O.