Mine detail: Belcherville-1

Location:	Montague County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long:	33.76291, -97.81643
dep_id:	10091743
mrds_id:	DE01942
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Malachite
gangue:	Sandstone
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR
work_type:	Surface
conc_proc:	Secondary Water
ore_ctrl:	Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter:	Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit:	Petrolia Formation-Or Claypool Formation
hrock_type:	Sandstone
arock_unit:	Petrolia Formation-Or Claypool Formation
arock_type:	Shale
Structure:	Gentle Dip To Sw Off Muenster-Nocona Arch, 30 Ft/Mi Or Less?
tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1891
discr:	Cummins, W.F.
References:	Deposit:: SCHOCH, E.P., 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1814, 256 P. (P. 112, 203). Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 509). Deposit:: CUMMINS, W.F., 1893, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 177-238 (P. 232). Deposit:: BARNES, V.E., AND OTHERS, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - SHERMAN SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 8 P., SCALE 1:250,000. Deposit:: ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P., MAP. 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. 16).