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Spring Mountain, Archer County, Texas, USAi
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Archer CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 33' 57'' North , 98° 38' 51'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.56596,-98.64756
GeoHash:
G#: 9vcygnrpc
GRN:
N23W59
Type:
Mountain
Köppen climate type:
Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Archer City1,754 (2017)3.9km
Scotland478 (2017)19.4km
Windthorst390 (2017)19.6km
Olney3,179 (2017)23.8km
Holliday1,706 (2017)28.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
274023
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:274023:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


2 miles SW of Arden.
Structure: Slight Dip To Ne Off Of Bend Arch, Less Than 1 Degree

Tectonics: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

Commodity: The copper is scattered on other buttes in the area, in a sandstone capping the hills.

Deposit: Caps buttes in area. Outcrop schmitz (1897, p. 107, fig. 6) is original reference. Reference to archer city or archer was misprinted As arden in several places. Roessler (1874, 1876a) shows this locality. Discovery year: 1872 or before

Geology: GEOLOGY BY HENTZ (1988, P. 13-17, 52), HENTZ AND BROWN (1987), AND NICKELL (1932, MAP NO. 1).

Rock formation(s): Archer City Formation
Sandstone #8 Of Archer City Formation Of Bowie Group


Ore(s): Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

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ⓘ Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

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Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘMalachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

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HHydrogen
Hⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2

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References

Roessler, A.R., (1874), Latest Map of the State of Texas: New York, Ed Wellke and Bro. (1 Inch = 40 Mi).
Roessler, A.R., (1876)a, an Account of the Mineral Wealth of Texas, in Albert Hanford's Texas State Register for 1876: Galveston, 146 P. (p. 86-90, Map).
Schmitz, E.J., (1897), Copper-ores in the Permian of Texas. AIME, Transactions, V. 26, P. 97-108.
Schmitz, R.J., (1897), Aime Transactions, V. 26, P. 97-108 (p. 107, Fig. 6).
Nickell, C.O., (1932), Austin, University of Texas, M.A. Thesis, 40 P. (map No. 1)
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.
Hentz, T.F., (1988), Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Report of Investigations 170, 55 P. (p. 13-17; 52).
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