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Ripley East

Occurrence in Payne 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 10022035
MRDS ID DE01847
Record type Site
Current site name Ripley East

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.86697, 36.01647 (WGS84)
Elevation 265
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.2 MI E. OF RIPLEY; 0.125 MI N. TO OLD QUARRY OR PIT; ABOUT 0.2 MI NE OF BRIDGE OVER BIG CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Payne(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Mounds(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Keystone Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Enid(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic unit)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Cimarron(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Payne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 018N 004E 22 NEAR CENTER OF SE OF SW Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Limestone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Vanoss Group
    Rock description Vanoss Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Red Eagle Limestone
    Rock description Red Eagle Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -96.86697, 36.01647
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Monoclinal Low Dip Westward, About 0.7 Wnw

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form SHEET

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE RED EAGLE LIMESTONE IS ABOUT 5-8 FT THICK IN THIS AREA, WITH MALACHITE STAINS AND SOME FOSSIL WOOD. SHELTON AND OTHERS (1985) AND NAKAYAMA (1955) GIVE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Eugene Nakayama

Mining district

District name Ripley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP IN QUARRY OR PIT

Comments on development

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHELTON, J.W., ROSS, J.S., GARDEN, A.J., AND FRANKS, J.L., 1985, OGS BULLETIN 137, 85 P

  • Deposit

    NAKAYAMA, EUGENE, 1955, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, M.S. THESIS, 68 P. (P. 56)

Reporter information

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

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