Description
H.M. Sutterfield, 2133 Ave. I, Wichita Falls, Tx, And O.S. Wilson, 309 Ave. D, Burkburnett, Tx
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Covellite, Malachite
GangueSandstone
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Asphaltum Sandstone Member
Associated rockMudstone · Garber Sandstone
StructureGentle Ssw Dip Of About 10 Ft/Mi Into Randlett Syncline, Off Waurika-Muenster Arch
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
AlterationMalachite And Azurite Weathered From Chalcocite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10021951
MRDS IDDE01741
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.22012, -98.48978
References
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, 1968, RME-151 REPORT, 73 P.TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GEOLOGIC MAP 25, 16 P.HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6.MUNN, M.J., 1914, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 547, 83 P.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, AND OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, 156 P.HAINES, G.I., 1955, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT DEB-P-5-2426, 1 P