Mine detail: Willow Creek-1

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Location: Runnels County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.58351, -100.21899
dep_id: 10022117
mrds_id: DE01945
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: Clear Fork Group, Lower Choza Formation (Above Bullwagon Dolomite)
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_unit: Clear Fork Group, Choza Formation
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Gentle W. Dip Of 50 Ft/Mi Or Less Off Bend Arch
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1972
discr: Royce Phillips Of Edit* Store, Coke County
References:
  • Deposit:: BEEDE, J.W., AND WAITE, V.V., 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1816, 64 P. (P. 59).
  • Deposit:: EIFLER, G.K., JR., COMPILER, 1974B, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - SAN ANGELO SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 5 P., SCALE 1:250,000.
  • Deposit:: HENDERSON, G.G., 1928, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 2807, 116 P. (P. 46).
  • 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. 173)
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