Mine detail: Beaver Creek-1

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Location

Lat / long: 33.8568, -97.9331

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Sandstone, Shale
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1892

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1891
First production started: 1891
Last production ended: 1891

Geology

Host rock:Petrolia Formation-Ryan Sandstone
Host type:Mudstone
Associated rock:Petrolia Formation-Ryan Sandstone
Associated type:Shale
Structure:Gentle Dip To Sw Off Muenster Arch
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01941
DEP10022114
Reference{Deposit:: HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (PETROLIA FORMATION).}{Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 509).}{Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 232).}{Deposit:: ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P., MAP.}{Deposit:: BARNES, V.E., AND OTHERS, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - SHERMAN SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 8 P., SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET, 21 P. SCALE 1:250,000.}
ReporterFay, Robert O.