Mine detail: Greasy Creek

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Location

Lat / long:

36.38368, -97.09309

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Sandstone
Orebody form:	CHANNEL
Discovery year:	1979

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Lower Key Bed Of Wellington Formation, 120 Ft Above Base
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Wellington Formation
Associated type:	Shale
Structure:	Monoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5 W.
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01830
DEP	10091729
Reference	SHELTON, J.W., JENKINS, W.A., AND BINGHAM, R.H., 1979, OGS BULLETIN 128, 66 P. (P. 14, 40-41)
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.