Mine detail: Little Croton Creek-1

Previously called 'Mustang Creek On Later Maps'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.52707, -99.96788

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue: Sandstone
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1946

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:San Angelo Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:San Angelo Formation
Associated type:Shale
Structure:Gentle Dip Of 40 Ft/Mi Or Less To Wnw
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01939
DEP10022113
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:: ROTH, ROBERT, 1945, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 56, P. 893-907 (P. 905).}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (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.