Mine detail: Cottonwood Creek-2

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.1515, -99.63899

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1975

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	DE01904
DEP	10091737
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:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 63, 67, SAMPLE 13, MEAS. SEC. 46).}{Deposit:: HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.