Mine detail: Turnerdale-1

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Location: Tom Green County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.54462, -100.56456
dep_id: 10022137
mrds_id: DE01968
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
orebody_fm: TABULAR DOLOMITE
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: Flowerpot Shale
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_unit: Flowerpot Shale
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Gentle Dip To Wnw Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1917
discr: Udden, J.A., Baker, C.L., And Bose, Emil
References:
  • Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1892, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 3RD ANNUAL REPORT, P. 129-223 (P. 137).
  • Deposit:: UDDEN, J.A., BAKER, C.L., AND BOSE, EMIL, 1916, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1644, 164 P. (P. 121).
  • Deposit:: HENDERSON, G.G., 1928, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 2807, 116 P. (P. 10, 23, 65, PL. IV, FIG. 1).
  • Deposit:: EIFLER, G.K., JR., COMPILER, 1974B, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - SAN ANGELO SHEET, 5 P. SCALE 1:250,000.
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