Mine detail: Olney-1

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Location

Lat / long: 33.33097, -98.81813

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limestone
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1834

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Nocona Formation (Sedwick Member)
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Nocona Formation
Associated type:Shale
Structure:Gentle Dip To Nw Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01975
DEP10022144
Reference{Deposit:: EDWARD, D.B., 1836, HISTORY OF TEXAS, CINCINNATI, 336 P., MAP.}{Deposit:: BUCKLEY, S.B., 1866, PRELIMINARY REPORT GEOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SURVEY, TEXAS: AUSTIN, 85 P. (P. 24-25).}{Deposit:: PLUMMER, F.B., AND FUQUA, H.B., 1930, GEOLOGIC MAP OF YOUNG COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.}{Deposit:: ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, NO. 427, 31 P., MAP.}{Deposit:: HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., COMPILERS, 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (ARCHER CITY FORMATION).}{Deposit:: BURR, D.H., 1833, TEXAS: NEW YORK, J.H. COLTON AND COMPANY (17X21 IN.)}
ReporterFay, Robert O.