Mine detail: White Hat Ranch-1

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.14516, -100.43817

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite
Gangue:	Sandstone
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1972

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Whitehorse Group-Marlow Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Whitehorse Group
Associated type:	Evaporite
Structure:	Gentle Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi W. Off Bend Arch
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01944
DEP	10022116
Reference	{Deposit:: EIFLER, G.K., JR., COMPILER, 1974, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - BIG SPRING SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000, 6 P}{Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH MINING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF WEST TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 172)}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.