Description
A.C. Shead And C.W. Honess
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formCHANNEL
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueSandstone
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Ryan Ss. (Upper) In Wellington Formation, About 80 Ft Below Top
Associated rockShale · Wellington Formation
StructureMonoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5 Degrees W.
Tectonic settingInterior Basin;Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10021956
MRDS IDDE01747
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.82567, -97.20448
References
SHEAD, A.C., 1929, OGS BULLETIN 14, 138 P. (P. 27, 84).HART, D.L., JR., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 3.