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Taylor South [1], Cotton County, Oklahoma, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 9' 27'' North , 98° 20' 36'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Randlett425 (2017)11.3km
Temple969 (2017)16.1km
Byers477 (2017)17.2km
Petrolia660 (2017)19.0km
Cashion Community343 (2017)19.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
353782
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:353782:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Structure: Low Monoclinal Dip To Sw, About 10 Ft/Mi, Off Waurika-Muenster Arch, Toward Randlett Syncline

Tectonics: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

Deposit: Outcrop along bluffs wegemann (1915, p. 25, 52, 102) gives measured section, mentioning copper in fossil wood. This would be in the oscar formation. The copper occurs in fossil wood in shale, about 22 to 40 ft above the river.

Development: Outcrop

Geology: Wegemann (1915, p. 52) gives measured section. At top is 34 ft of sandstones, probably ryan ss. Below is 18 ft of shale with fossil wood and copper. Next below is 3ft of black shale with shark's teeth. Next below is about 17 ft of shale and conglomerate, to red river. Havens (1977) gives geology.; hr.age.mv: gearyan or wolfcampian

Rock formation(s): Oscar Formation Or Group
Oscar Formation Or Group


Ore(s): Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

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