Mine detail: Hale Copper Mine

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Location:	Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long:	34.75232, -98.78091
dep_id:	10098089
mrds_id:	DE01711
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Trace mineral:	Nickel, Zirconium, Chromium, Vanadium, Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
work_type:	Surface
conc_proc:	Hydrothermal Veins
ore_ctrl:	Hydrothermal Veins; Extracted Cu From Gabbro
Reporter:	Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit:	Hale Spring Pegmatite Of Quanah Granite
hrock_type:	Pegmatite
arock_unit:	Sandy Creek Gabbro;Mount Scott Granite;Post Oak Conglomerate, Possibly Of Hennessey Group
arock_type:	Granite
Structure:	Wichita Mountains, Igneous Intrusions, Hydrothermal Veins, Quanah Granite Pegmatite Veins In Sandy Creek Gabbro And Mount Scott Granite, Irregular Occurrences. The Weathered Ore Is Then Mixed With The Post Oak Conglomerate Of Possible Hennessey Group.
tectonic:	Aulac Ogen
Year first produced:	1884
yr_lst_prd:	1960
disc_yr:	1887
prod_yrs:	1884-1960?
discr:	James Hale And Wife Bessie (A Colorado Miner) (According To Wilson, 1980, P. 13)
References:	Deposit:: WOODRUFF, E.G., 1904, OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, 3RD BIENNIAL REPORT, P. 23-36 (P. 28). Deposit:: AKPOURAGHTAPEH, SAMAD, 1979, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 116 P. Deposit:: AL-SHALEH, Z.F., THOMAS, R.G., AND STEWERT, G.F., 1980, BENDIX FIELD ENGINEERING CORPORATION, SUBCONTRACT 78-131-E, AND DE-AC13-76G01664. Deposit:: ALLEN, E.T., 1904, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, P. 92. Deposit:: BAIN, H.F., 1904A, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, P. 82-97 (P. 88). Deposit:: TAFF, J.A., 1904, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 31, 81 P. (P. 66-67). Deposit:: BAIN, H.F., 1904B, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 225, P. 120-122 (P. 122). Deposit:: POWELL, B.N., STOCKTON, M.L., GIDDENS, J.D. III, AND GILBERT, M.C., 1982, OGS GUIDEBOOK 21, P. 102-117. Deposit:: SCOFIELD, NANCY, AND GILBERT, M.C., 1982, OGS GUIDEBOOK 21, P. 60-64. Deposit:: WILSON, C.S., 1963, OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY, 8TH BIENNIAL GEOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM, PROCEEDINGS, P. 149-160 (P. 155). Deposit:: WILSON, C.S. , 1980, OKLAHOMA TODAY, V. 30, NO. 2, P. 11-15 (P. 13). Deposit:: ANDERSON, K.C., 1946, OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 66 P. (P. 35-38). Deposit:: JOHNSON, E.L., 1955, OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 87 P. (ESPECIALLY P. 8-10). Deposit:: ROCKWELL, FLOYD, OCTOBER 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 835-B, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE. Deposit:: WILSON, C.S., 1960, OKLAHOMA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, TRANSACTIONS, V. 3, P. 12-19 (P. 14-15). Deposit:: STOCKTON, M.M., 1984, ARLINGTON, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, M.S. THESIS, 83 P. (P. VII, 59, 64-65, PL. 6D). Deposit:: MANSUR, M.A., MAY 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET 459, COMANCHE CO., OKLAHOMA, OGS FILE.