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Morrison North-1

Occurrence in Pawnee county in Oklahoma, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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 10022031
MRDS ID DE01839
Record type Site
Current site name Morrison North-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.01448, 36.37452 (WGS84)
Elevation 308
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5.5 MI N. OF U.S. HWY. 64 THAT PASSES THROUGH MORRISON, ALONG SECTION LINE ROAD, ABOUT 2.8 MI N. OF CIMARRON TURNPIKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pawnee(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morrison(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 Pawnee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 022N 003E 19 NE OF SE OF NE OF NE Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • MENTIONED BY BRANSON, BURWELL, AND CHASE (1955, P. 13), BUT THEY GAVE R. 3 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result 130 PPM AG IN CARBONACEOUS WOOD
Result 25 PPM AG IN CONCRETION

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Oscar Group
    Rock description Oscar Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Winfield Bed Or Sandstone In Doyle Shale, About 10 Ft Below Winfield
    Rock description Winfield Bed Or Sandstone In Doyle Shale, About 10 Ft Below Winfield

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.01448, 36.37452
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form CHANNEL
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE WINFIELD LIMESTONE CHANGES FACIES SOUTHWARD INTO A SANDSTONE AND SHALE SEQUENCE. A SANDSTONE, A FEW FEET THICK, ABOUT 10 FT BELOW THE WINFIELD, IS MAPPABLE AND IS USED IN PLACE OF THE WINFIELD. GREIG (1959) GIVES GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Discoverer Heine, R.R.

Mining district

District name Lela

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 70).

  • Deposit

    GREIG, P.B., JR., 1959, OGS BULLETIN 83, 188 P.

  • Deposit

    BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 13).

Reporter information

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

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