Mine detail: Bluff Creek-1

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Location: Knox County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.76095, -99.87121
dep_id: 10022111
mrds_id: DE01937
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
gangue: Sandstone
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: San Angelo Formation (Lower)
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Choza Formation (Upper)
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Gentle Wnw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less Off Bend Arch
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
disc_yr: 1974
discr: Smith, G.E.
References:
  • 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:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 67, PL. II).
  • 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.
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