Mine detail: Lytle Cove-1

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.29822, -99.70926

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Shale
Discovery year: 1887

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Vale Formation, Of Clear Fork Group, About 100 Ft Above The Standpipe Limstone
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

MRDSDE01966
DEP10022135
Reference{Deposit:: MEYERS, M.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 W. TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 59-60).}{Deposit:: TAYLOR COUNTY NEWS, OCT. 22, 1886, P. 8.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR COUNTY NEWS, NOV. 12, 1886, P. 4.}{Deposit:: HALE, D.K., 1977, PROSPECTING AND MINING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 161, 208).}
ReporterFay, Robert O.