Description
Royce Phillips Of Edith'S Store, Coke County
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueSandstone
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Clear Fork Group, Lower Choza Formation (Above Bullwagon Dolomite)
Associated rockShale · Clear Fork Group, Choza Formation
StructureGentle W. Dip Of 50 Ft/Mi Or Less Off Bend Arch
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1972
Identification
Deposit ID10022117
MRDS IDDE01945
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.58351, -100.21899
References
BEEDE, J.W., AND WAITE, V.V., 1918, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 1816, 64 P. (P. 59).EIFLER, G.K., JR., COMPILER, 1974B, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - SAN ANGELO SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 5 P., SCALE 1:250,000.HENDERSON, G.G., 1928, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 2807, 116 P. (P. 46).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. 173)