Mine detail: Buffalo Gap-1

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Location

Lat / long:

32.29072, -99.79204

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Shale
Discovery year:	1891

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Clear Fork Group (Middle), Vale Formation, Between Standpipe Limestone And Bullwagon Dolomite
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Vale Formation
Associated type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Gentle W. Dip Of 60 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01962
DEP	10022132
Reference	{Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 451, PL. 18).}{Deposit:: MEYERS, P.A., AND MORLEY, H.T., COMPILERS, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.}{Deposit:: BROWN, L.F., JR., AND GOODSON, J.L., COMPILERS, 1972, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - ABILENE SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 15 P., SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: SCHOCH, E.P., 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1814, 256 P. (P. 112, 204).}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.