Mine detail: Blevins Ranch

Location:	Montague County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long:	33.81985, -97.93782
dep_id:	10094853
mrds_id:	DE01940
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Torbernite
gangue:	Sandstone
work_type:	Surface
conc_proc:	Secondary Water
ore_ctrl:	Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter:	Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit:	Nocona Formation; Ss-6
hrock_type:	Sandstone
arock_unit:	Nocona Formation
arock_type:	Shale
Structure:	Gentle Sw Dip Off Muenster Arch
tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
disc_yr:	1973
discr:	Blair And Others (1973)
References:	Deposit:: ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, NO. 427, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, 31 P. Deposit:: BLAIR, R.G., STEHLE, F.T., AND LEVICH, R.A., 1973, U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM TM-190, 16 P. (P. 11). Deposit:: BULLARD, F.M., AND CUYLER, R.H., 1930, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 3001, P. 57-76. Deposit:: BARNES, V.E., AND OTHERS, 1976, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, SHERMAN SHEET, 8 P. SCALE 1:250,000. Deposit:: HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (P. 16-19, 53). Deposit:: HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET, 21 P.