Oklahoma · Cotton County
Occurrence

Benson Prospect

Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States
Copper
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Description

W.F. Cummins?

Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Materials
Ore mineralsAtacamite, Chalcocite, Malachite
GangueSandstone
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Ryan Sandstone
Associated rockSandstone · Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
StructureThe Beds Strike Wnw And Are Almost Flat Near The Axis Of The Randlett Basin.
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Production yearsAFTER 1940; BEFORE 1951
Discovery year1891
Identification
Deposit ID10021943
MRDS IDDE01733
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.15568, -98.33256
References
CUMMINS, W.F., 1891, TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 359-552 (P. 451, MAP).MUNN, M.J., 1914, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 547, 83 P.WEGEMANN, C.H., 1915, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 602, 108 P. (P. 52-53, 65).FATH, A.E., 1915, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 10, NO. 2, P. 140-150 (P. 145-146).MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 17 P. (P. 9).BACHMAN, G.O., AND O'SULLIVAN, R.B., 1954, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT F-1028, 1 P.BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 27, 22 P. (P. 7).U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1968, REPORT RME-151, 73 P.TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GEOLOGIC MAP 25, 16 P. (P. 10, LOCS. 106, 113).DOTT, ROBERT, MERRITT, C.A., AND HAM, W.E., 1940, COTTON CO., SHEET 357, OGS FILE.HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6.SHEPARD, C.V., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, P. 145-149 (P. 145-146).SHUMARD, G.G., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, P. 167-185 (P. 173).SHELTON, J.W., AL-SHAIEB, ZUHAIR, OLMSTED, R.W., HANSON, R.E., MAY, R.T., AND OWENS, R.T., 1976, U.S. ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, CONTRACT AT (05-1)-1641, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, 156 P. (P. 151).MARCY, R.B., 1854, U.S. 33RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, SENATE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENT, 310 P. (P. 9-10, 147, 173).