Texas · Hardeman County
Occurrence

Cottonwood Creek-1

Hardeman County, Texas, United States
Copper
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Description

Stroud And Others

Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic, Sabkha?
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueDolomite, Shale
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
Associated rockEvaporite · Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
StructureGentle Nw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Matador Arch
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID10022082
MRDS IDDE01901
Alternate namesCore E-4 of Stroud and Others 1970, P. 87-88, Quoted By Galloway 1970, P. 58, Fig. 4, And Smith 1974, P. 65, Site I-26, In Sw-Sw-Sec. 86, Block H, Waco and Northwestern Railroad Co. Survey.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.18289, -99.66094
References
LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF EAST PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.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. 38-39, 85-88).SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 63, 65, SITES I-6, I-25, I-26, I-39, I-40.HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., COMPILERS, 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.GALLOWAY, W.E., 1970, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT 1970-6, 115 P. (P. 57-58, FIG. 4)