Description
A.C. Shead And C.W. Honess
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formCHANNEL
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Chalcocite, Copper, Malachite
GangueSandstone
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Garber Sandstone, Basal 5-10 Ft
Associated rockShale · Garber Sandstone
StructureMonoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5 Degrees W.
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Production yearsBEFORE 1929
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10021957
MRDS IDDE01748
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.82928, -97.24753
References
SHEAD, A.C., 1929, OGS BULLETIN 14, 138 P. (P. 28, 85).HART, D.L., JR., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 3.STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIBPSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 38).MERRITT, C.A., AND HAM, W.E., JUNE 25, 1940, OGS SHEET 345, GARVIN CO., OKLAHOMA