Mine detail: Bear Cove-1

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.29099, -99.73065

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Shale
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1885-1915?
First production started: 1885
Last production ended: 1920

Geology

Host rock:Vale Formation Of Clear Fork Group, About 160 Ft Above Standpipe Limestone
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

MRDSDE01965
DEP10022134
Reference{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.H., COMPILERS, 1972, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - ABILENE SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 15 P., SCALE 1:250,000.}{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. 59, 182-183).}{Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1977, PROSPECTING AND MINING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 275).}{Deposit:: TAYLOR COUNTY NEWS (APRIL 10, 1885), P. 4.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR COUNTY NEWS (MAY 1, 1885), P. 4.}
ReporterFay, Robert O.