Mine detail: Devils Creek-1

Previously called 'Sites 454647 of Stroud and Others'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.15289, -99.74871

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue: Dolomite, Shale
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1971

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
Host type:Dolomite
Associated rock:Flowerpot Shale
Associated type:Evaporite
Structure:Gentle Nw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Matador Arch
Tectonic:Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDSDE01897
DEP10091736
Reference{Deposit:: LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF THE EAST PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.}{Deposit:: STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 39).}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 60, 63, 70, MAP I-8, 31-33).}{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.}
ReporterFay, Robert O.