Description
James A. Weaver
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueSandstone
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Whitehorse Group--Rush Springs Sandstone About 120 Ft Below Cloud Chief Formation
Associated rockShale · Whitehorse Group
StructureGentle Dip To W. Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch.
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1972
Identification
Deposit ID10022069
MRDS IDDE01886
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.90489, -100.61178
References
EIFLER, G.K., JR., 1974B, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, SAN ANGELO SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 5 P., SCALE 1:250,000.BEEDE, J.W., AND BENTLEY, W.P., 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1850, 82 P. (P. 34-35, 37-38, MAP).HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH MINING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF WEST TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 152)