Temple East [1], Cotton County, Oklahoma, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Temple East [1] | - not defined - |
| Cotton County | County |
| Oklahoma | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 16' 0'' North , 98° 11' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Structure: Low Monoclinal Dip To Ne, About 10 Ft/Mi Off Waurika-Muenster Arch
Tectonics: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
Commodity: About a ton of concentrated ore was estimated to exist over an acre or more.
Deposit: Malachite, azurite, chalcocite, and fossil wood in mudstone conglomerate. Trout (1936) gives location of two shafts actively being worked in 1936, about 2.0 mi e. Of temple. Malachite, azurite, chalcocite, and fossil wood found. Two shafts were being worked in march 1936.
Development: About a ton of ore concentrate could be dug here, according to dott, merritt, and ham (1940); (on sheet 112 of trout (1936)).
Geology: Geology by havens (1977).
Rock formation(s): Garber Sandstone Or Addington Formation
Ore(s): Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10021940 |
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