Description
Merritt And Ham (1942)
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueShale
Geology
Host rockShale · Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
Associated rockSandstone · Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
StructureLow Monoclinal Dip To Sw Less Than 10 Ft/Mi Off Of Waurika-Muenster Arch, A Local Fault, Striking Wnw, Passes Just S. Of The Outcrop, With Upside To S.
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10021944
MRDS IDDE01734
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.1879, -98.32228
References
MUNN, M.J., 1914, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 547, 83 P.WEGEMANN, C.H., 1915, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 602, 108 P.HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6.MERRITT, C.A., AND HAM, W.E., 1942, COTTON CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 566, OGS FILE