Structure: Wichita Mountains Lugert Granite Intrusion

Tectonics: Aulacogen

Deposit: About 1300 ft nne of highest top of mountain (elevation 2411 ft)

Geology: Polk (1948, map) first showed this prospect pit on a map. No discussion is given. If this copper was being weathered in permian time, this deposit could have been a source for copper in flowerpot-duncan-san angelo seas. Merritt (1958) shows geology of area.

Rock formation(s): Lugert Granite;El Reno Group

Ore(s): Vein?

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ⓘ Copper

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ⓘ Granite

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10021981

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References

Polk, T.R., (1948), University of Oklahoma, M. Geol. Engr., 87 P. (map)

Merritt, C.L., (1958), Ogs Bulletin 76, 70 P.

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