Description
Mercia Costello (Or Early Spanish) As Quoted By Rister (1941, P. 140)
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic, Sabkha?
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueShale
Geology
Host rockShale · Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
Associated rockEvaporite · Flowerpot Shale (Upper)
StructureGentle Nw Dip Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Matador Arch
Tectonic settingInterior Basin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1848
Identification
Deposit ID10022084
MRDS IDDE01903
Alternate namesBig Mound, Cedar Mound, Third Mound, And Little Mound Make Up Medicine Mounds, Mostly In Sec. 62.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.19233, -99.62677
References
FURMAN, J.H., 1881, TRANSACTIONS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, V. 1, OCT. 31, 1881, P. 15-20 (P. 19).LLOYD, A.M., AND THOMPSON, W.C., COMPILERS, 1929, MAP OF THE EAST PERMIAN BASIN: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:220,000.RISTER, C.C., 1941, LAND HUNGER: NORMAN, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, P. 140.STROUD, R.B., MCMAHAN, A.B., STROUP, R.K., AND HIPBSHMAN, M.H., 1970, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7422, 103 P. (P. 38-39, 83-84).SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 63, 65, SITES I-23, I-42; MEAS. SEC. 21, P. 67).HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., 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. 55, FIG. 4)