Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Mcclellan |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Texas; Nearest community: Teacup Mountain |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; associated with lenticular sandstone beds |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Permian (host rocks) |
Coincident features: |
bedding (sandstone horizons) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate-sandstoneExternal host rock forms: | sandstone horizons | Individual lithologies: | dolomite mudstone mudstone sandstone | Host rock stratigraphy: | San Angelo Formation, Pease River Group |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) associated with lenticular sandstone beds; from 1877-1917/ 1943-45/ 1967-70 about 250 tons of ore was mined; an upper Cu zone occurs 50 ft above lower zone in shale & gypsum beds |
References: |
Smith, G. E., 1974 |
Depositional Systems, San Angelo Fm (Permian), North Texas - Facies Control of Red-Bed Copper Mineralization |
Report of Investigations, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Publication code 80, 74 p. |
Stroud, R. B., 1970 |
Production Potential of Copper Deposits Associated with Permian Red Bed Formations in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas |
Bureau of Mines RI, United States Department of The Interior, Publication code 7422 |
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