Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlReducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite
GangueShale
Geology
Host rockShale · Vale Formation, Of Clear Fork Group, About 100 Ft Above The Standpipe Limstone
Associated rockSandstone · Vale Formation
StructureGentle W. Dip Of 60 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch
Tectonic settingInterior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1887
Identification
Deposit ID10022135
MRDS IDDE01966
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.29822, -99.70926
References
MEYERS, M.A., AND MORLEY, H.T., COMPILERS, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.BROWN, L.F., JR., AND GOODSON, J.H., COMPILERS, 1972, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - ABILENE SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 15 P. SCALE 1:250,000.HALE, D.K., 1972, EVIDENCE OF EARLY SPANISH MINING IN THE BIG COUNTRY OF W. TEXAS: ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, M.A. THESIS, 230 P. (P. 59-60).TAYLOR COUNTY NEWS, OCT. 22, 1886, P. 8.TAYLOR COUNTY NEWS, NOV. 12, 1886, P. 4.HALE, D.K., 1977, PROSPECTING AND MINING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 344 P. (P. 161, 208).