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West Point Sse

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 10022041
MRDS ID DE01854
Record type Site
Current site name West Point Sse

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.83641, 36.1448 (WGS84)
Elevation 288
Relative position 3 MI S. AND 1 MI E. OF WEST POINT, OR 3 MI W. AND 5.5 MI S. OF INTERSECTION OF CIMARRON TURNPIKE AND STATE HWY. 18.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Payne(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(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 019N 004E 1 SW OF SW OF SW Oklahoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue
Shale Gangue

Analytical data

Result 251 PPM CU IN SHALE
Result 48 PPM CU IN SANDSTONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Neva Bed Of Oscar Group;Roca Shale Of Vanoss Group
    Rock description Neva Bed Of Oscar Group;Roca Shale Of Vanoss Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Neva Bed;Roca Shale
    Rock description Neva Bed;Roca Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -96.83641, 36.1448
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form SHEET
    Dip }
  • Name UNNAMED
    General form SHEET
    Dip }

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHELTON AND OTHERS (1985) GIVE 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 West Point

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OUTCROP

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

    HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 36-37, 59, 65)

Reporter information

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

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