Mine detail: Willow Creek-1

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Location

Lat / long: 31.58351, -100.21899

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Clear Fork Group, Lower Choza Formation (Above Bullwagon Dolomite)
Host type:Dolomite
Associated rock:Clear Fork Group, Choza Formation
Associated type:Shale
Structure:Gentle W. Dip Of 50 Ft/Mi Or Less Off Bend Arch
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01945
DEP10022117
Reference{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)}
ReporterFay, Robert O.