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Waurika West [3], Jefferson County, Oklahoma, USAi
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Waurika West [3]Prospect
Jefferson CountyCounty
OklahomaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 9' 34'' North , 98° 5' 32'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
34.15956,-98.09227
GeoHash:
G#: 9y44rfe3u
GRN:
N23W59
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Hastings138 (2017)7.6km
Waurika1,988 (2017)8.8km
Byers477 (2017)13.6km
Addington109 (2017)14.9km
Temple969 (2017)18.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
353826
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:353826:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Structure: Low Monoclinal Dip About 10 Ft/Mi Ne, Off Waurika-Muenster Arch

Tectonics: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

Deposit: Nodules in shale with malachite and manganese road cut dott, merritt, and ham (1940) said that gray carbonate nodules with manganese have malachite specks in red-brown shale in road cut.

Geology: Bunn (1930) and havens (1977) discuss the geology.

Rock formation(s): Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
Ryan Sandstone


Ore(s): Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Nodules

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

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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

Bunn, J.R., (1930), Ogs Bulletin 40-pp, 45 P.
Dott, R.S., Merritt, C.A., and Ham, W.E., (1940), Jefferson Co., Oklahoma, Sheet 354, Ogs File
Havens, John, (1977), U.S. Geological Survey and Ogs, Hydrologic Atlas 6.
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