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Perry North-1

Occurrence in Noble county in Oklahoma, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022025
MRDS ID DE01831
Record type Site
Current site name Perry North-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.28309, 36.32925 (WGS84)
Elevation 306
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 2.75 MI N. OF PERRY ON U.S. HWY. 77, N. OF U.S. HWY 64, ON W. SIDE OF ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Noble(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Perry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enid(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Enid(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black Bear-Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Arkansas-Keystone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arkansas-Keystone(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Noble

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 021N 001W 3 NE OF NE OF SE OF NE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • OUTCROP OF INSECT BED OF THIN DOLOMITES AND SHALE, ABOUT 2 FT THICK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Shale Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wellington Formation
    Rock description Wellington Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Insect Bed Of Wellington Formation, About 570 Ft Above Base
    Rock description Insect Bed Of Wellington Formation, About 570 Ft Above Base

Nearby scientific data

(1) Wellington Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Monoclinal Low Westward Dip, About 0.5 W.

Ore body information

  • Name INSECT BED
    General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • AN OVERLYING SANDSTONE ABOUT 30 FT ABOVE INSECT BED IS USED FOR MAPPING PURPOSES; NAMED UPPER KEY BED BY SHELTON AND OTHERS (1979), ABOUT 600 FT ABOVE BASE OF WELLINGTON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer Raasch, Gilbert O.

Mining district

District name Perry

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP, ABOUT 2 FT THICK

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHELTON, J.W., JENKINS, W.A., AND BINGHAM, R.H., 1979, OGS BULLETIN 128, 66 P. (P. 17, 40-41)

  • Deposit

    RAASCH, G.O., 1946, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, PH.D. DISSERTATION, 157 P. (P. 53-54, 103-104)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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