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R.B. French Prospect

Past Producer in Payne 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. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022043
MRDS ID DE01856
Record type Site
Current site name R.B. French Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.95724, 36.19508 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.75 MI S. OF GLENCOE ON STATE HWY. 108, THEN W. 2 MI, THEN S. 0.65 MI, AND WALK E. ABOUT 1200 FT TO ADIT, ON E. SIDE OF BRANCH OF LITTLE STILLWATER CREEK, ABOUT 20 FT ABOVE CREEK, DUG ABOUT 75 FT E. INTO BANK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Payne(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glencoe(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 020N 003E 23 SE OF SE OF NE OF NW OF SW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • R.R. HEINE (1975, P. 16, 18, 60-61, 66, 70) LOCATED THE ADIT IN THE NW OF SEC. 23. MENTIONED BY BRANSON, BURWELL, AND CHASE (1955, P. 13-14).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Analytical data

Result 570-872 PPM CU IN SANDSTONE, BY HEINE, P. 60-61
Result 69-2214 PPM CU IN SHALE, BY HEINE, P. 66
Result 4-15 PPM AG IN CONCRETIONS AND FOSSIL WOOD, BY HEINE, P. 70. 17.3% CU
Result 666-2000 PPM AG, COLLECTED BY FAY (1972, SAMPLE 61), ANALYZED BY D. FOSTER (MARCH 1976) - UNPUBLISHED.

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) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -96.95724, 36.19508
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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 CHANNEL
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 22.86M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 7.62M
    Depth to bottom 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHELTON AND OTHERS (1985) GIVE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer ? R.B. French Of Glencoe, Oklahoma
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Glencoe Sw

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. B. French Of Glencoe, Okla. ; Mr. Hesser (Lived In Sw Corner Of Sec. 23)
    First year 1951

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Period 1907?
    Description Cp_Grade: ^17%?
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 17wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS BED OCCURS IN ADJOINING SECTIONS, AND MANY TONS OF CONCENTRATES COULD BE PRODUCED FROM SECS. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings ADIT
    Length 22.86M
    Width 3.05M
    Height 3.05M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN MAY 1972, AN OLD 4-CYLINDER FORD ENGINE AND SMALL CRUSHER AND COMPRESSOR WERE AT SITE.

Comments on development

  • MENTIONED BY SHELTON AND OTHERS (1985, P. 45) AS MINED DURING EARLY 1900'S. U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (1968), RME-151, MENTIONED THAT R.B. FRENCH OF GLENCOE OWNED THE PROPERTY IN 1951.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERRITT, C.A., 1940, OGS MINERAL REPORT NO. 8, 15 P. (P. 7).

  • Deposit

    BRANSON, C.C., BURWELL, A.L., AND CHASE, G.C., 1955, OGS MINERAL REPORT 27, 22 P. (P. 13-14).

  • Deposit

    SHELTON, J.W., ROSS, J.S., GARDEN, A.J., AND FRANKS, J.L., 1985, 85 P. (P. 45, MAP).

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1968, RME-151, 73 P.

  • Deposit

    TOTTEN, M.W., AND FAY, R.O., 1982, OGS, GM-25, 16 P. (MAP NO. 139).

  • Deposit

    FAY, R.O., MAY 1972, COLLECTED CONCENTRATE FROM DUMP. ANALYZED BY DAVE FOSTER (MARCH 1976), OGS.

  • Deposit

    HEINE, R.R., 1975, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, 71 P. (P. 16, 18, 36-37, 39-40, 60-61, 66, 70).

  • Production

    MY ESTIMATE

Reporter information

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

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