Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueSandstone
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Asphaltum Ss
Associated rockSandstone · Garber Ss. Or Addington Formation
StructureLow Monoclinal Dip Of About 10 Ft/Mi. Sw Off Of The Waurika-Muenster Arch
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1930?
First production1930
Last production1930
Discovery year1930
Identification
Deposit ID10021942
MRDS IDDE01732
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.18318, -98.39756
References
MUNN, M.J., 1914, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 547, 83 P.HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6.BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 15).MERRITT, C.A., DOTT, ROBERT, HAM, W.E., AND RYAN, EBEN, 1940, COTTON CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 352, OGS FILE