Mine detail: Pyron Prospect

Previously called 'Craig Ranch'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.7354, -99.90594

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue: Shale
Discovery year: 1891

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1911-1917
First production started: 1911
Last production ended: 1917

Geology

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

References

MRDSDE01934
DEP10098093
Reference{Deposit:: FURMAN, JOHN H., 1881, TRANSACTIONS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, V. 1, OCT. 31, 1881, P. 15-20 (P. 18).}{Deposit:: HENDERSON, C.W., 1912, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1911, PT. I, METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 739-740 (P. 739).}{Deposit:: HENDERSON, C.W., 1913, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1912, PT. I, METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 876-881 (P. 779).}{Deposit:: HENDERSON, C.W., 1919, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1916, PT. I, METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 211-213 (P. 212).}{Deposit:: RICHARD, L.M., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 7, P. 634-650 (P. 645).}{Deposit:: LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COM PILERS, 1929, AREAL MAP SHOWING OUTCROPS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.}{Deposit:: STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.A., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 37, 41).}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 62, 64).}{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.}
ReporterFay, Robert O.